In: Advanced Math
a. Find the x-perpendicular of the projection of (1,1,1,1,1) onto (1,2,3,4,1).
b. What is the projection of the projection of (1,1,1,1,1) onto (1,2,3,4,1)? Make a sketch.
Given two vectors
and
, we can resolve the vector
into two components i.e. one component in the direction of
and another component in the perpendicular direction of
.
The component in the direction of
is given by the projection of
onto
i.e.
The component perpendicular to
is given by
Hence
Now, in order to find the x-perpendicular of the projection, we
need to find the projection and the perpendicular component of
. Therefore, let's resolve part(b) first.
b)
Using the above formula
Hence,
a)
From the above formula we have
Hence, x-perpendicular of the projection (1,1,1,1,1) onto
(1,2,3,4,1) is