Chapter 10: Q .18. (page 812)
Let and be two nonzero position vectors in that are not scalar multiples of each other. Explain why, given any vector in , there are scalars and such that .
Chapter 10: Q .18. (page 812)
Let and be two nonzero position vectors in that are not scalar multiples of each other. Explain why, given any vector in , there are scalars and such that .
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