VEC-0020: Length of a Vector

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We find vector magnitude.

VEC-0020: Length of a Vector

Vector quantities, such as velocity and force, have magnitude and direction. The magnitude of a vector quantity is the length of the vector. For example, if a force of 10 Newtons is applied to an object, we would represent the force by a 10-unit-long vector.

The magnitude of a vector is denoted by double absolute value brackets. In the case of force $\vec {F}$ , we write $\norm {\vec {F}}=10$

To find the length of a vector, we need to find the distance between the tail of the vector and its head. Recall that in $\RR ^2$ , the distance between $A(a_1, a_2)$ and $B(b_1, b_2)$ is given by

$\begin{equation*} d_{AB}=\sqrt{(a_1-b_1)^2+(a_2-b_2)^2} \end{equation*}$ A vector $\vec {v}=\begin {bmatrix}v_1\\ v_2\end {bmatrix}$ has the length of the vector in standard position with its head at $(v_1, v_2)$ and tail at $(0, 0)$ . We find the length of $\vec {v}$ using the distance formula $\begin{equation} \label{eq:normr2} \norm{\vec{v}}=\sqrt{(v_1-0)^2+(v_2-0)^2}=\sqrt{v_1^2+v_2^2} \end{equation}$

Find the magnitude of $\vec {u}=\begin {bmatrix}-3\\4\end {bmatrix}$ .

$\norm {\vec {u}}=\sqrt {(-3)^2+(4)^2}=5$

The distance formula for points in $\RR ^3$ is analogous to the distance formula in $\RR ^2$ . Given two points $A(a_1, a_2, a_3)$ and $B(b_1, b_2, b_3)$ , the distance between them is given by

$\begin{equation*} d_{AB}=\sqrt{(a_1-b_1)^2+(a_2-b_2)^2+(a_3-b_3)^2} \end{equation*}$

To find the length of vector $\vec {v}=\begin {bmatrix}v_1\\ v_2\\ v_3\end {bmatrix}$ , we find the distance between $(v_1, v_2, v_3)$ and $(0, 0, 0)$ .

$\begin{equation} \label{eq:normr3} \norm{\vec{v}}=\sqrt{(v_1-0)^2+(v_2-0)^2+(v_3-0)^2}=\sqrt{v_1^2+v_2^2+v_3^2} \end{equation}$

The magnitude of $\vec {v}=\begin {bmatrix}6\\-2\\3\end {bmatrix}$ is given by $\norm {\vec {v}}=\sqrt {(6)^2+(-2)^2+(3)^2}=7$

Distance formulas for $\RR ^2$ and $\RR ^3$ motivate the following definition of distance between two points in $\RR ^n$ .

Let $A(a_1, a_2,\ldots , a_n)$ and $B(b_1, b_2,\ldots , b_n)$ be points in $\RR ^n$ . The distance between $A$ and $B$ is defined to be $\begin{equation*} d_{AB}=\sqrt{(a_1-b_1)^2+(a_2-b_2)^2+\ldots +(a_n-b_n)^2} \end{equation*}$

The following definition follows directly from the distance formula for $\RR ^n$ in the same way that expressions (eq:normr2) and (eq:normr3) followed from distance formulas in $\RR ^2$ and $\RR ^3$ .

Let $\vec {v}=\begin {bmatrix}v_1\\ v_2\\ \vdots \\v_n\end {bmatrix}$ be a vector in $\RR ^n$ , then the length, or the magnitude, of $\vec {v}$ is given by $\begin{equation} \label{eq:normrn} \norm{\vec{v}}=\sqrt{v_1^2+v_2^2+\ldots +v_n^2} \end{equation}$

The magnitude of $\vec {w}=\begin {bmatrix}5\\ -1\\ -2\\ 4\end {bmatrix}$ is given by $\norm {\vec {w}}=\sqrt {5^2+(-1)^2+(-2)^2+4^2}=\sqrt {46}$

Practice Problems

Find the length of the following vectors. Enter your answers in exact, simplified form. (e.g. $5\sqrt {3}$ )

$\vec {u}=\begin {bmatrix}1\\3\end {bmatrix}$ Answer: $\norm {\vec {u}}=\sqrt {\answer {10}}$

$\vec {v}=\begin {bmatrix}-4\\-6\end {bmatrix}$ Answer: Enter your answer in the most simplified exact form. (e.g. $a\sqrt {b}$ ) $\norm {\vec {v}}=\answer {2}\sqrt {\answer {13}}$

$\vec {w}=\begin {bmatrix}2\\-4\\6\end {bmatrix}$ Answer: Enter your answer in the most simplified exact form. (e.g. $a\sqrt {b}$ ) $\norm {\vec {w}}=\answer {2}\sqrt {\answer {14}}$

$\vec {q}=\begin {bmatrix}-10\\ 4\\ -7\\ 5\\ 3\end {bmatrix}$ Answer: $\norm {\vec {q}}=\sqrt {\answer {199}}$

Find the component form of vector $\vec {v}$ in $\RR ^2$ if we know that $\norm {\vec {v}}=15$ , the $x$ component of $\vec {v}$ is $-9$ and the vector is located in the third quadrant.

Answer: $\vec {v}=\begin {bmatrix}-9\\\answer {-12}\end {bmatrix}$

For a vector in $\RR ^2$ with a length of 26 and the $y$ component of 10, what are the possibilities for the $x$ component? List the possibilities in an increasing order.

Answer: $\answer {-24},\quad \text {and}\quad \answer {24}$

Let $\vec {v}=\begin {bmatrix}1\\ y\\ 4\end {bmatrix}$ . Find all possible values of $y$ if $\norm {\vec {v}}=9$ . List the possibilities in an increasing order.

Answer: $\answer {-8},\quad \text {and}\quad \answer {8}$

For a vector in $\RR ^4$ , what are the possibilities for the fourth component if the length of the vector is 14, and the $x$ , $y$ and $z$ components are 1, 5 and 13, respectively? List the possibilities in an increasing order.

Answer: $\answer {-1},\quad \text {and}\quad \answer {1}$