Scalar Multiplication of Vectors
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- Given a vector vˉ\bar{v}vˉ with coordinates (x,y)(x,y)(x,y), multiply it by scalar kkk. Now what's a scalar? A scalarscalarscalar is just a constant, so we are scaling this vect…
By Freya Edholm
- We can multiply a vector by a scalar in exactly the same way as multiplying two scalars: repeated addition! For example, to multiply a vector a⃗\vec{a}a by a scalar kkk: ka⃗=a⃗+…
By Sujay Kazi, Alex Federspiel