Practicing Success
The vector $\vec a = 3\hat j+4\hat k$ is to be written as the sum of a vector $\vec α$ parallel to vector $\vec b =\hat i +\hat j$ and a vector $\vec β$ perpendicular to b. Then, $\vec α=$ |
$\frac{3}{2}(\hat i+\hat j)$ $\frac{2}{3}(\hat i+\hat j)$ $\frac{1}{2}(\hat i+\hat j)$ $\frac{1}{3}(\hat i+\hat j)$ |
$\frac{3}{2}(\hat i+\hat j)$ |
Let $\vec α =λ\vec b=λ(\hat i +\hat j)$. Then, $\vec α +\vec β=\vec a⇒\vec β=\vec a-\vec α =-λ\hat i+(3-λ)\hat j+4\hat k$ Now, $\vec β⊥\vec b$ $⇒\vec β.\vec b=0$ $⇒\{-λ\hat i+(3-λ)\hat j+4\hat k\}.(\hat i +\hat j)=0$ $⇒-λ+3-λ=0⇒λ=\frac{3}{2}$ $∴\vec α =\frac{3}{2}(\hat i+\hat j)$ |