Practicing Success
Let $β=4\hat i+3\hat j$ and $\vec γ$ be two vectors perpendicular to each other in the XY-plane. Find all the vector in the same plane having the projections 1 and 2 along $\vec β$ and $\vec γ$ respectively. |
$-2\hat i+\hat j$ $-\hat i+2\hat j$ $\hat i-2\hat j$ $2\hat i-\hat j$ |
$2\hat i-\hat j$ |
Let $\vec v=x\hat i+y\hat i$ $\vec β.\vec v=0$ $4x+3y=0$ $y=\frac{-4}{3}x$ $∴\vec v=x\hat i-\frac{4}{3}x\hat j$ $\vec v=\frac{x}{3}(3\hat i-4\hat j)=(3\hat i-4\hat j)$ $β=4\hat i+3\hat j$ Let $\vec v=x\hat i+y\hat j$ $1=\frac{\vec v.\vec β}{|\vec β|}$ & $2=\frac{\vec v.\vec v}{|\vec v|}$ $1=\frac{4x+3y}{5}$ & $2=\frac{3x+4y}{5}$ ∴$\begin{matrix}4x+3y=5\\3x-4y=10\end{matrix}$ solve x = 2, y = -1 $∴\vec v= 2\hat i-\hat j$ |