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Chapter 10: Q 18 (page 848)

Fill in the blanks and give the name of the property.

For any vectors u and v, and any scalar k,k(u·v)=_______=_______

Short Answer

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The required expression is k(u·v)=(ku)·v=u.k(v); Associative property

Step by step solution

01

Given information

Any vectors u and v, and any scalar k.

02

Completing the expression 

The expression may be completed as:

k(u·v)=(ku)·v=u.k(v)

It is an example of Associative Property.

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