document.write( "Question 1076191: Please find the projection of u = <6, 7> onto v = <-5, -1>. Put \"+U+\" as the sum of two orthogonal vectors. \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #690959 by Fombitz(32388)\"\" \"About 
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So the scalar projection of u onto v is,
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\n" ); document.write( "Now just multiply by the unit vector in the v direction.
\n" ); document.write( "\"V%5Bunit%5D\"=(\"-5%2Fsqrt%2826%29\",\"-1%2Fsqrt%2826%29\")
\n" ); document.write( "So then,
\n" ); document.write( "\"u%5Bv%5D\"=(\"%28-37%2Fsqrt%2826%29%29%28-5%2Fsqrt%2826%29%29\",\"%28-37%2Fsqrt%2826%29%29%28-1%2Fsqrt%2826%29%29\")
\n" ); document.write( "\"u%5Bv%5D\"=(\"185%2F26\",\"37%2F26\"
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\n" ); document.write( "u=6(1,0)+7(0,1)
\n" ); document.write( "(1,0) and (0,1) are orthogonal since their dot product equals zero.
\n" ); document.write( "\"1%2A0%2B0%2A1=0\"
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