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Draw some more linear combinations of geometric vectors

Given vectors A = (2,1), \ B = (1,3), and C = (xA + yB) for scalars x and y:

  1. Plot the geometric vectors from (0,0) to C for the values

        \begin{align*}  x &= \frac{1}{2} & y &= \frac{1}{2} \\  x &= \frac{1}{4} & y &= \frac{3}{4} \\  x &= \frac{1}{3} & y &= \frac{2}{3} \\  x &= 2 & y &= -1 \\  x &= 3 & y &= -2 \\  x &= -\frac{1}{2}, & y &= \frac{3}{2} \\  x &= -1 & y &= 2. \end{align*}

  2. If we let x and y run through all pairs of real numbers such that x + y = 1 what is the set of points C? (Just give a graphical view, no proof necessary.)
  3. If we consider all pairs of points x and y with x \in [0,1] and y \in [0,1] make a sketch of the set of points C we obtain.
  4. What is the set of all points C if x \in [0,1] and y \in \mathbb{R}?
  5. What is the set of all points C if we allow x and y to be any real numbers?

  1. The plot is as follows (with the locus of points C for part (b) in red):

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    The points for each value of t are

        \begin{align*}  x &= \frac{1}{2} & y &= \frac{1}{2} & \implies && C &= \left( \frac{3}{2}, 2 \right) \\  x &= \frac{1}{4} & y &= \frac{3}{4} & \implies && C &= \left( \frac{5}{4}, \frac{5}{2} \right) \\  x &= \frac{1}{3} & y &= \frac{2}{3} & \implies && C &= \left( \frac{4}{3}, \frac{7}{3} \right) \\  x &= 2 & y &= -1 & \implies && C &= \left( 3, -1 \right) \\  x &= 3 & y &= -2 & \implies && C &= \left( 4, -3 \right) \\  x &= -\frac{1}{2} & y &= \frac{3}{2} & \implies && C &= \left( \frac{1}{2}, 4 \right) \\  x &= -1 & y &= 2 & \implies && C &= \left( 0, 5 \right) \\ \end{align*}

  2. The set of points C as x and y run through real numbers such that x+y = 1 forms a line. It is drawn in red in the plot in part (a).
  3. The set of points in the parallelogram formed by the origin, A, B, and A+B.
  4. The horizontal band obtained by adding xA to the line y = \frac{1}{3} x for each 0 \leq x \leq 1.
  5. The whole plane \mathbb{R}^2.

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