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Let u = 6i – 4j, and v= - 8i+ 2j. Find u-v=

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Answer:


14i-6j

Step-by-step explanation:

Here, we want to find the difference between the two vectors

We simply use arithmetic methods as follows

We have this as follows:


\begin{gathered} u-v\text{ = 6i-4j - (-8i+2j)} \\ 6i-4j+8i-2j \\ 6i+8i-4j-2j \\ =\text{ 14i-6j} \end{gathered}

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