document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=980932>Question 980932</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Could someone please help me with this vectors question? \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If v(1)= < a,b >, and L(1) is a line incident with v(1), then L(1) has a slope equal to b/a. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #601978 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Fombitz><B>Fombitz(32388)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Fombitz><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=Fombitz><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=601978\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> No sure what you mean by incident. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Vectors typically have a starting point (0,0) in the coordinate system and in your case an endpoint at (a,b).<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The angle (<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=theta ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"theta\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >) that the vector makes with the x-axis can be found using a and b since<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Similarly, the slope of a line and the angle that the line makes with the x-axis are similarly related.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So you can say that if the line is parallel to the vector then the slope of the line is equal to <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=b%2Fa ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"b%2Fa\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >. \r<BR>\n" );
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