Learning Outcomes

After completing this chapter, students should be able to do the following.

  • Perform basic operations, including addition, scalar multiplication, and dot product, on vectors in .
  • Perform basic operations, including addition and scalar multiplication, on geometric representations of vectors in and .
  • Transition seamlessly between algebraic and geometric representations of vectors in or .
  • Determine the angle between vectors and test for orthogonality.
  • Project one vector onto another.
  • Compute and interpret the cross product of two vectors in .
  • Transition seamlessly between parametric and non-parametric forms of the equation of a line in .
  • Transition seamlessly between parametric and vector forms of the equation of a line in .
  • Determine the equation of a plane in meeting given characteristics.