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Properties of Dot Product

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Commutative Property

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• Vectors can be swapped in dot product - commutative.

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Starting on learning the "Commutative Property of vector dot product".

What does 'commute' mean?

• to go to and fro on a regular basis
• different

The answer is 'to go to and fro between two places on a regular basis'.

Given the definition of dot product as
vec p cdot vec q = |vec p||vec q|cos theta
What is vec q cdot vec p?

• vec p cdot vec q
• |p||q|cos(theta)
• |p||q|cos(-theta)
• all the above

The answer is 'All the above' Note that cos(-theta) = cos(theta).

Given the definition of dot product as
vec p cdot vec q = p_xq_x+p_yq_y+p_zq_z
What is vec q cdot vec p?

• vec p cdot vec q
• q_xp_x+q_yp_y+q_zp_z
• p_xq_x+p_yq_y+p_zq_z
• all the above

The answer is 'All the above'

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Jogger

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Commutative Property of Dot Product: For any vector vec p, vec q in bbb V
vec p cdot vec q =vec q cdot vec p

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Exercise

practice questions to master the knowledge

Exercise

Given that vec p cdot vec q = 2.1i-1.7j+6k, find the vec q cdot vec p.

• -2.1i+1.7j-6k
• 2.1i-1.7j+6k
• sqrt(2.1^2+1.7^2+6^2)
• 2.1^2+1.7^2+6^2

The answer is '2.1i-1.7j+6k' as dot product is commutative.

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What does 'commute' mean?
go;fro;regular;basis
to go to and fro on a regular basis
different
different
The answer is 'to go to and fro between two places on a regular basis'.
Given the definition of dot product as
vec p cdot vec q = |vec p||vec q|cos theta
What is vec q cdot vec p ?
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The answer is "All the above". Note that cos of minus theta = cos theta.
Given the definition of dot product as vector p dot vector q = p x q x + p y q y + p z q z ;; What is vector q dot vector p?
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The answer is 'All the above'
Vectors can be swapped in dot product - commutative.
Commutative Property of Dot Product: For any vector p, q in vector space v ;; vector p dot vector q = vector q dot vector p.
Given that vector p dot vector q = 2 point 1 i minus 1 point 7 j + 6 k ; find the vector q dot vector p.
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The answer is "2 point 1 i minus 1 point 7 j plus 6 k ", as dot product is commutative.

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