Vectors - direction + magnitude unit vector - vector of length | ^ > a \ /> a | | <1, 0, 0> / < \ / | y | <1, 0, 1> / \ \ / | vector j | > a \ > -a | | / <---- 2a | /.-----------> i = <1, 0, 0> / | / x k = <0, 0, 1> />\ | vector k / vector i i * k = 1*0 + 0*0 + 0*1 = 0 a / \ | < / \> b | z ------> | a+b | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dot product - scalar vector V1 = vector V2 = /| vector V1 * vector V2 = a1b1 + a2b2 + a3b3 sqrt(2)/ | vector V1 * vector V2 => S = |V1||V2|cos(Theta) / | 1 |V1| = sqrt(V1*V1) / | = sqrt(a1^2 + a2^2 + a3^2) /----- 1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Making a unit vector (in the some direction as another vector) V3 / |V3| = <1/V2, 0, 1/V2> = = sqrt((sqrt(2)/2)^2 + 0^2 + (sqrt(2)/2)^2) = sqrt(2/4 + 0 + 2/4) = 1 V3 = <1, 0, 1> |V3| = sqrt(2)