Answer:
Step-by-step explanation:
The formula to find the angle between 2 vectors is
[tex]cos\theta=\frac{u*v}{|u||v|}[/tex] which is the dot product of u*v over the (magnitude of u times the magnitude of v). We also know that θ = [tex]\frac{\sqrt{2} }{2}[/tex]. Filling in that formula requires us to find the dot product of u and v, which is
u·v = (2×(-6)) + (a×8) so
u·v = -12 + 8a. Then we need the magnitudes of both u and v:
[tex]|u|=\sqrt{2^2+a^2}=\sqrt{4+a^2}[/tex] and
[tex]|v|=\sqrt{(-6)^2+8^2}=\sqrt{100}=10[/tex]
Putting all of together looks like this:
[tex]\frac{\sqrt{2} }{2}=\frac{-12+8a}{10\sqrt{4+a^2} }[/tex] . Cross multiply to get
[tex]10\sqrt{2}(\sqrt{4+a^2})=2(-12+8a)[/tex] which is tricky to simplify. You really need to know the rules for multiplying radicals to do this correctly. The simplification is
[tex]10\sqrt{8+2a^2}=-24+16a[/tex] and we need to solve for a. Begin by squaring both sides to get rid of the square root to get:
100(8 + 2a²) = 256a² - 768a +576 and simplify some more by distributing through the parenthesis to get
800 + 200a² = 256a² -768a + 576. Combine like terms to come up with
0 = 56a² - 768a - 224 and we need to factor that. Assuming since you're this far in math (pre-calc or maybe late algebra 2) you know how to factor, when you do, you get values for a of - .285714... and 14.
Therefore, the value for a is 14. I checked it...it works
Answer:
a = 14, U = (2, 14)
Step-by-step explanation:
the other answer is correct.
just to add the solution path for the quadratic equation
0 = 56a² - 768a - 224
in general, a quadratic equation usually expressed in x
0 = ax² + bx + c
has its solution as
x = (-b ± sqrt(b² - 4ac))/(2a)
for us here this looks like this then
a = (768 ± sqrt(768² - 4×56×-224))/(2×56) =
= (768 ± sqrt(589824 + 4×56×224))/112 =
= (768 ± sqrt(589824 + 50176))/112 =
= (768 ± sqrt(640000))/112 = (768 ± 800)/112
a1 = (768 + 800)/112 = 1568/112 = 14
a2 = (768 - 800)/112 = -32/112 = -0.29
and the negative solution would be for a vector solution in the wrong direction (down instead of up). as V is pointing up left, and the angle is only 45 degrees (pi/4), also U has to point up.
so, 14 is the solution for U.
