Vectors Flashcards
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What is the scalar product?
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2
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how do you know if two vectors are perpendicular?
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The angle between them is 90 degree.
Which makes a.b = 0
3
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How can you work out the angle between two planes?
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8
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Find the acute angle between
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53.6
9
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How can you work out the angle between a line and a plane?
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90 - angle between the direction vector of the line and the normal to the plane.
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What does a vector product of a and b tell us?
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It gives us a vector perpendicular to both a and b.
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15
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Using the right-handed triple rule, work out
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16
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How can you work out the distance from a point to a line or between two parallel lines?
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