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Mathematical Expression Editor
Consider the vector .
For how many values of does the vector have magnitude ?
more than three, but finitely manyinfinitely many
The values of for which are and . (type the smaller of the values first)
The magnitude of in terms of is:
Setting and squaring both sides gives:
After a little algebra, this gives a quadratic equation:
This can be factored, and the roots are and . (type the smaller root first)