Why are my results not matching for orthonormalized vectors?

In summary, the conversation is about the correctness of the final answer for a problem involving two vectors, v1 and v2, and their orthonormalization. One person found the correct answer for v1 but the other person's answer for v2 does not match. It is also mentioned that there is an error in part (b) and that the first vector is actually t√3, not 3t. After some discussion, the error is found and the conversation ends on a positive note.
  • #1
Shackleford
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I found the final answer posted online, but my work doesn't match up.

v1 = 3t
v2 = 5t1/2 - 6t

Orthonormalized:

[itex]
v_1 = \sqrt{3}t [/itex] is correct.

[itex]
v_2 = \frac{1}{\sqrt{61}}(5t^{1/2} - 6t)[/itex] does not match.

Furthermore, my part (b) is wrong, too. I know my methods are correct. I don't understand why the answers aren't matching.

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  • #2
I realized some of my arithmetic is wrong/incomplete towards the end on (b). It's even worse now.
 
  • #3
Well, for one thing ##v_1## isn't ##3t##. It is ##t\sqrt 3 ##.
 
  • #4
LCKurtz said:
Well, for one thing ##v_1## isn't ##3t##. It is ##t\sqrt 3 ##.

Okay, yeah. I see what I wrote down that wasn't exactly right. Let me see if I didn't anything else wrong for the second orthogonal vector.

I found the problem. Thanks!
 
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