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Ch. 4 - Laws of Sines and Cosines; Vectors
Blitzer - Trigonometry 3rd Edition
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4장, 문제 1a

In Exercises 1–4, u and v have the same direction. In each exercise: Find ||u||.
Graph showing vectors a and b with coordinates and directions in a Cartesian plane.

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Identify the vectors u and v from the graph. Since u and v have the same direction, they are scalar multiples of each other.
Calculate the components of vector a: from (-17, 15) to (15, 19), so \( a_x = 15 - (-17) = 32 \) and \( a_y = 19 - 15 = 4 \).
Calculate the components of vector b: from (-2, 7) to (30, 11), so \( b_x = 30 - (-2) = 32 \) and \( b_y = 11 - 7 = 4 \).
Since vectors a and b have the same direction, find the magnitude of vector u (which corresponds to vector a or b) using the formula for the magnitude of a vector: \( ||u|| = \sqrt{(x_2 - x_1)^2 + (y_2 - y_1)^2} \).
Substitute the components into the magnitude formula: \( ||u|| = \sqrt{(32)^2 + (4)^2} \) and simplify under the square root to find the magnitude.

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