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R 2<br />

EXAMPLE 1 Representing vectors in in two equivalent forms<br />

a. Four position vectors, ,<br />

OQ ! , and<br />

OS ! OR ! OP ! 11, 22<br />

y<br />

13, 02, 14, 12<br />

3<br />

P(1, 2)<br />

12, 12, are shown. Write each<br />

2<br />

of these vectors using the unit vectors<br />

i ! and j !<br />

.<br />

b. The vectors<br />

OC ! 5i ! OA !<br />

2j ! i, ! OB !<br />

, and OD ! i ! <br />

V2i ! 5j ! 1<br />

Q(–3, 0) j<br />

,<br />

4j !<br />

O i x<br />

–4 –3 –2 –1 0 1 2 3<br />

–1<br />

have been written using the unit vectors<br />

i ! and j !<br />

R(–4, –1) S(2, –1)<br />

. Write them in component<br />

–2<br />

form 1a, b2.<br />

Solution<br />

a. OP ! , , ,<br />

b. OA ! i ! 2j !<br />

OQ !<br />

, OB ! 3i !<br />

OR ! 4i !<br />

11, 02 11, 52, OC ! j !<br />

OS ! 2i !<br />

15, 22, and OD ! j !<br />

1 V2, 42<br />

The ability to write vectors using i !<br />

and j !<br />

allows us to develop many of the same<br />

results with algebraic vectors that we developed with geometric vectors.<br />

Addition of Two Vectors Using Component Form<br />

We start by drawing the position vectors, OA ! 1a, b2 and OD ! 1c, d2,<br />

where A and D are any two points in R 2 . For convenience, we choose these<br />

two points in the first quadrant. We rewrite each of the two position vectors,<br />

OA ! 1a, b2 ai ! bj ! and OD ! .<br />

Adding these vectors gives OA ! 1c,<br />

OD ! d2 <br />

ai ! ci ! <br />

ai ! bj ! dj !<br />

ci ! ci !<br />

<br />

1a c2i ! bj ! dj !<br />

dj !<br />

1b d2j !<br />

1a <br />

OC ! c, b d2<br />

y<br />

A(a, b)<br />

C(a + c, b + d )<br />

O<br />

D(c, d )<br />

x<br />

320<br />

6.6 OPERATIONS WITH ALGEBRAIC VECTORS IN R 2<br />

NEL

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