1. Which set of attributes defines a vector represented by a directed segment?
2. A vector is known to have a direction, sense, and magnitude, but neither its supporting line nor its point of application is specified. How is it classified?
3. A coordinate basis has pairwise perpendicular basis vectors, but one of those vectors has magnitude 2. Which description applies?
What is a vector?
A directed segment defined by its origin, direction, sense, and magnitude.
What makes a basis orthonormal?
Its basis vectors are mutually perpendicular and each has magnitude 1.
What does the dot product of basis vectors and equal when ?
1.
What is the dimension of the Euclidean space considered?
Three dimensions.
How are two vectors in added componentwise?
Their corresponding components are added.
What components result from adding vectors and ?
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