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    Jun 7, 2009, 08:37 PM
    finding unit vectors parallel to another vector
    Hi again, was wondering how to solve this question:

    let v vector be from A(2, 0, -1) to B(1, 2, -3) find 2 vectors parallel to v vector.

    I found that v=B-A=(-1,2,-2) but don't know how to find "2" vectors parallel to this.
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    Jun 8, 2009, 07:53 AM

    You can just add any constant in front of the vector and multiply. The types of parallel line created hen you premultiply by a positive constant is called a like parallel vector, and a negative constant will give you an unlike parallel vector.

    You can try this with a 2D vector, say, (1,1) multiplying by 2 will give (2, 2) and if you draw them on the same scale, they'll be parallel, but only not of the same length.

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