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  • Mar 13, 2011, 02:21 PM
    wasp88
    for which value of s is the vector[1,2,s] orthogonal to [-1,1,1]? How you solve it
    for which value of s is the vector[1,2,s] orthogonal to [-1,1,1]? How you solve it
  • Mar 13, 2011, 03:02 PM
    galactus

    Take the dot product of

    and

    Set it to 0 and solve for s. The dot product results in a very easy equation to solve for s.
  • Mar 13, 2011, 06:08 PM
    wasp88
    Thanks it really helped me

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