Recent content by Jack Bateman

Is there a generalized form that I could use to solve for two different scalars? Every system of equations I try to create is fundamentally flawed in some way.

This particular notation denotes a vector in component form. The initial point is the origin. The point given indicates the terminal point.

I am not quite sure what you mean. The values of a and b must be scalars.

Homework Statement Find a and b such that v= au + bw given that v = <1, 1> Homework Equations v = au + bw, v = <1,1> The Attempt at a Solution I have tried to solve for the appropriate values via guess and check, but it hasn't worked out. I cannot find a proportion either...

Haha, sorry DaveE, I cannot think of another process that will successfully yield a different logical answer. Ideally I would have my friend who works in programming come up with a computerized method for attacking the problem, but he has far more important (or more precisely, less trivial)...

Thanks for posting the link. It was pretty helpful. I think the methodology is somewhat questionable, but nonetheless the solution is the only one that makes sense.

Well as you can see, I am new to these forums, so I had no idea this question had been answered here before. Could you post a link so I could find the explanation as to how to solve it? As for which algorithms to use, I did not know, which was why I was asking. It seems to me that this would...

A 6x6 grid features two different types of pieces: x's and o's. You are given three separate views of the same grid in a step by step progression. The number of pieces gradually decreases with each step and also change in location. This is the layout of the grid progression...