Question

If the dot product of two nonzero vectors v1 and v2 is nonzero, what does this tell us?

A) v1 is not perpendicular to v2

B) v1 is a scalar

C) v1 is parallel to v2

D) v1 is perpendicular to v2

Answer 1

A) v1 is not perpendicular to v2

Explanation:

This proves that the test for orthogonality fails (doesn’t equal zero) meaning that V1 is not perpendicular to V2.

Answer 2

A) v1 is not perpendicular to v2

EXPLANATION

Two non-zero vectors are orthogonal or perpendicular if their dot product is zero.

In other words,if two non-zero vectors are not orthogonal or perpendicular then their dot product is not equal to zero.

From the question v1 and v2 are non-zero vectors and their dot product is not equal to zero.

This tells us that, the two vectors are not perpendicular.

The correct choice is A.