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Question 278378: Give the polar coordinates: (0, -3).
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Question 278377: Give the polar coordinates: (-2, 2).
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Question 278377: Give the polar coordinates: (-2, 2).
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Question 279474: Please help me solve this problem: -2(2x - 1) greater than or = to -9
Thanks for your help!

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Question 286948: Let vector v=<5,-1,4>. Give a vector w in the opposite direction of v and with magnitude twelve. Give its components to the nearest tenth. I don't understand how to solve the problem and I can't seem to find any similar examples in the text.
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Question 289125: find a dot b for a = <1,3> and magnitude b =5 and the angle between these vectors is 120 degrees.
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Question 294636: If a and b be two vectors and m be a scalar, then how can I show that
m(a+b)=ma+mb
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Question 303146: 16. Give the rectangular coordinates of the polar point (-5, 135�).

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Question 303146: 16. Give the rectangular coordinates of the polar point (-5, 135�).

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Question 304855: vector v = 2vectori - 5vectorj
Find a unit vector in the same direction as vector v
A) 2/sqrt29 vector i - 5/sqrt29 vector j
B) 5/sqrt29 vector i - 2/sqrt29 vector j
C) sqrt29/2 vector i - sqrt29/5 vector j
D) sqrt29/5 vector i - sqrt29/2 vector j
E) None
Your help is very appreciated.

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Question 307483: Can anyone help me with solving this derivative?

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Question 308753: Find the magnitude of w to three significant digits and its bearing to the nearest tenth of a degree.
u:magnitude 621, bearing 305 degrees
v:magnitude 336, bearing 15 degrees
Find w if 3(w+u)=2(w-v)
Thank You so much
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Question 310051: To fly due north at 580km/h when there is a 45km/h wind blowing from 130degrees, with what heading and speed should a plane travel?
Thanks so much!
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Question 310114: A plane's air speed is 270 km/h, and its heading is 70degrees. Find its ground speed and true-course bearing if a wind of 50 km/h is blowing from due north.
Please help.
Thank You so much!
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Question 317065: Hi all,
I was hoping someone would show me how to Find the scalar products of the vectors: a = i - j + 3k and b = -i + 2j + k
What can be said about the position of these vectors relative to eachother?
How can I determine a + b?
Some help with relavant steps and explanations would be great.
-Nick.
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Question 326009: Give the rectangular coordinates: (2, 45�)
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Question 328183: If ABCD is a parallelogram with A(2,1,4), B(1,4,3) and C(1,0,2), find:
(a) the area of the parallelogram
(b) the coordinate of D
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Question 330037: Wrongly called for a foul, an angry basketball player throws the ball straight down to the floor. If the ball bounces straight up and returns to the floor 2.5 s after first striking it, what was the ball's greatest height above the floor?
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Question 330221: The vector, v, is multiplied by a scalar as shown below. In which quadrant will the terminal point of the product vector be?
V= -i + j
-3v

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Question 330544: A basketball player shoots a basketball with a speed of 50 feet per second at an angle of 50 degrees upward from the ground. The vector that describes the motion of the basketball is
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Question 333228: How do you write the equation to convert meters per second to mester per second squared
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Question 333487: Hi again, Will someone show me how to determine whether the following line:
L= (2,-3,4) + t(1,2,3) contains the point (4,1,10).
Would be most appreciated.
Thanks,
-Nick

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Question 333475: For u= i + j - 2k, v= 3i + j + 2k and w= 2i - 2j - 3k
Will someone please show me how to find the cross product of u and w?
Thanks,
-Nick
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Question 333562: Find the vertex of y = |2x+4|-3
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Question 333563: What is the y-value in the solution to the system {x+y=4}{2x-2y=0}
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Question 334041: Will someone please explain to me how I can find the vector which starts at (1,2,-1) and ends at (0,-3,2)?
Any help would be great.
Thanks, -Nick.
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Question 334428: Will someone help me to show that the 4 points (2,0,1), (-1,2,3), (3,2,2) and (3,-6,-3) lie in a plane.
Thanks
-Nick.
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Question 334795: How can I use the vector product to find the angle between the vectors:
v= 6i - 3j + k and w= 2i + 2j - k. ???
Any help would be great.
-Nick
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Question 334424: Will someone please show me how to determine whether the lines:
(x+1)/3 = (y-2)/2 = (x+7)/5 and (x-3)/-2 = (y+2)/-2 = (x-1)/2 are orthogonal, parallel, or neither. How is this done?
Thanks,
-Nick.
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Question 338490: two cars leave a crossroads at the same time. One heads north at 50km/h and the other heads east at 70km/h. How far apart art the cars after 0.5h? After 2h?
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Question 338501: a 1200-kg car goes from 10m/s to 24 m/s in 16s. What is the average force acting upon it
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Question 338503: a bull and a cow elephant, each of mass 2000kg attract each other gravitationally with a force of 1 X10-5N. Haw far apart are they?
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Question 339911: Find a unit vector in the same direction as a = (-10, 3, -9).
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Question 339911: Find a unit vector in the same direction as a = (-10, 3, -9).
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Question 339919: if log3 81 = x, then x?
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Question 339919: if log3 81 = x, then x?
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Question 345483: Hi there, Please could you help with this:
find the equation of the line that contains points (3,-2, 1) and (1, 1,-3).
Thankyou muchly
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Question 346124: Solve the problem:
Find the inner product of the vectors <2,5> and <4, -2>. Then state whether the vectors are perpendicular or not.
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Question 346121:
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Question 346134: Find the cross product of the <2, -1, 4> and <6, -2, 1>. Is the resulting vector perpendicular to given vector?
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Question 346177: two cars leave a crossroads at the same time. One heads north at 50 km/h and the other heads east at 70 km/h. How far apart are the cars after .5 h? after 2.0 h?
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Question 346160: A) Find the inner product of a and b if a = <4, 5/4, -1/3> and b = < 1/2, -2, -3/2>, and state whether the vector are perpendicular.
a. 5; no
b. 5; yes
c. 0; yes
d. 0; no
B) Find the cross product of v and w if v = <-1/3, 4, -3/8> and w = < 6, -4/5, 4>
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Question 346157: Write a vector equation of the line that passes through point p and is parallel to line a. Write parametric equations of the line.
A) P(-1, 3); a = <-6, -1>
B) P(0, 5); a = <2, -9>
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