The Dot Product
1 Find the Dot Product of Two

question 26

Multiple Choice

The Dot Product
1 Find the Dot Product of Two Vectors
- $\mathbf { u } = - 5 \mathbf { i } + 3 \mathbf { j } , \mathbf { v } = 8 \mathbf { i } - 6 \mathbf { j } , \mathbf { w } = - 3 \mathbf { i } + 12 \mathbf { j } ;$ Find $\mathbf { u } \cdot \mathbf { w } + \mathbf { v } \cdot \mathbf { w }$

• A) \(- 45\)
• B) \(- 40\)
• C) \(- 49\)
• D) \(- 38\)

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