What is the dot product of <8,4,1><8,4,1> and <4,-2,3 ><4,2,3>?

1 Answer
Feb 24, 2016

<32,-8,3><32,8,3>

Explanation:

A=(A_x,A_Y,A_z)A=(Ax,AY,Az)
B=(B_x,B_y,B_z)B=(Bx,By,Bz)
A*B=(A_x*B_x,A_y*B_y,A_z*B_z)AB=(AxBx,AyBy,AzBz)
<8,4,1>*<4,-2,3> = <8*4,-4*2,1*3><8,4,1><4,2,3>=<84,42,13>
<32,-8,3><32,8,3>