How do you find the vector v with the given magnitude of 10 and in the same direction as $u=<-10,0>$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2017-12-01T09:45:25

$<<-10,0>>.$

Observe that for the given $vecu=<<-10,0>>, ||vecu||=10.$

So, if the reqd. $vecv$ is such that, $||vecv||=||vecu||,$ and, $vecv$ and $vecu$

have the same direction, then, by the uniqueness,

$vecv=vecu=<<-10,0>>$ .

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