#MrG 2017.1129 905 What Is The Dot Product? #1) v.dot_product(w)=vx*wx+vy*wy v=vector([2,-3]) w=vector([5,3]) show(v) show(w) show(v.dot_product(w))
(2,−3)
(5,3)
1
#2) T/F: v.dot_product(w)==w.dot_product(v)? show(w.dot_product(v)) show(bool(v.dot_product(w)==w.dot_product(v)))
1
True
#3) T/F: abs(v)==sqrt(v.dot_product(v))? show(abs(v)) show(sqrt(v.dot_product(v)))
13
13
#4) T/F: abs(w)==sqrt(w.dot_product(w))? show(abs(w)) show(sqrt(w.dot_product(w)))
34
34
#5) v.dot_product(w)==abs(v)*abs(w)*cos(t), find t? var('t') show(v.dot_product(w)) show(abs(v)*abs(w)*cos(t)) equ=v.dot_product(w)==abs(v)*abs(w)*cos(t) show(equ) show(((solve(equ,t)[0].rhs())*180/pi).n()) pv=plot(v,color='cyan') pw=plot(w,color='magenta') show(pv+pw,aspect_ratio=1)
t
1
3413cos(t)
1=3413cos(t)
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