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OpenStudy (iwanttogotostanford):

Determine whether the vectors u and v are parallel, orthogonal, or neither. u = <6, -2>, v = <2, 6>

OpenStudy (iwanttogotostanford):

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OpenStudy (faiqraees):

If two vectors are parallel, then one of them will be a multiple of the other. So divide each one by its magnitude to get a unit vector. If they're parallel, the two unit vectors will be the same. For orthogonal check if the dot product is equal to 0

OpenStudy (sshayer):

if dot product is zero, vectors are perpendicular. if cross product is zero,vectors are parallel.

OpenStudy (agent0smith):

"So divide each one by its magnitude to get a unit vector" you can do that, but it's easier/faster to just divide corresponding components of the two vectors. Like for vectors \( \large <a, b>\) and \( \large <c, d>\), if \[\large \frac{ a }{ c } =\frac{ b }{ d}\]they are parallel.

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