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Find two unit vectors that make an angle of 60° with v = 6, 8 .

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Answer:

  • ((3-4√3)/10, (4+3√3)/10)
  • ((3+4√3)/10, (4-3√3)/10)

Explanation:

You want two unit vectors that make an angle of 60° with v(6, 8).

Unit vector

After we normalize v to a unit vector, we can find the two desired vectors by adding or subtracting 60° from its angle. The normalized vector v is ...

v = (6, 8)/√(6² +8²) = (3/5, 4/5)

Rotated

This can be rotated 60° CCW by the transformation ...

(x, y) ⇒ (x·cos(60°)-y·sin(60°), x·sin(60°)+y·cos(60°)) = (x-y√3, x√3+y)/2

(3/5, 4/5) ⇒ ((3-4√3)/10, (3√3+4)/10) . . . . 60° CCW from v

It can be rotated 60° CW by the transformation ...

(x, y) ⇒ (x·cos(60°)+y·sin(60°), -x·sin(60°)+y·cos(60°)) = ((x+y√3, -x√3+y)/2

(3/5, 4/5) ⇒ ((3+4√3)/10, (4-3√3)/10)

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Additional comment

When the vector is written as a complex number, it can be rotated by multiplying by 1∠±60° = (cos(60°)±i·sin(60°). That is what the calculator did.

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