Consider two vectors A and B A=14i and B= -4i+8j

  • = dot product x=cross product

Find {[AB]i}A and {[A+B]xB}xk

Verified Answer :

Assuming \(\mathbf a,\mathbf b\in\mathbb R^3\), you have

\(\mathbf a\cdot\mathbf b=(14)(-4)+(0)(8)=-56\)

so

\(((\mathbf a\cdot\mathbf b)\,\mathbf i)\cdot\mathbf a=(-56\,\mathbf i)\cdot(14\,\mathbf i)=(-56)(14)=-784\)

Next,

\(\mathbf a+\mathbf b=(14\,\mathbf i)+(-4\,\mathbf i+8\,\mathbf j)=10\,\mathbf i+8\,\mathbf j\)

Then

\((\mathbf a+\mathbf b)\times\mathbf b=\begin{vmatrix}\mathbf i&\mathbf j&\mathbf k\\10&8&0\\-4&8&0\end{vmatrix}=112\,\mathbf k\)

\(((\mathbf a+\mathbf b)\times\mathbf b)\times\mathbf k=\begin{vmatrix}\mathbf i&\mathbf j&\mathbf k\\0&0&112\\0&0&1\end{vmatrix}=\mathbf 0\)