How do you normalize (2i - 3 j +k)?

1 Answer
Feb 9, 2016

bar x=1/sqrt 14
bar y=-3/sqrt 14
bar z=1/sqrt 14

Explanation:

a_x=2
a_y=-3
a_z=1
|\a|=a_x*a_x+a_y*a_y+a_z*a_z
|\a|=sqrt(2*2+(-3)*(-3)+1*1)
|\a|=sqrt (4+9+1)
|\a|=sqrt 14
bar x=2/|\a|
bar y=-3/|\a|
bar z=1/|\a|
bar x=1/sqrt 14
bar y=-3/sqrt 14
bar z=1/sqrt 14