Question

What is the component form of the vector from point A (-3, -7) to point B (-8, 1)?

Answer 1

Recall that the component form of a vector that goes from point (x,y) to point (v,w) is:

$.$

Therefore the component form of the vector that goes from point A to point B is:

$<-8-(-3),1-(-7)>.$

Simplifying the above result we get:

$\begin{gathered} <-8+3,1+7>, \\ <-5,8>. \end{gathered}$

Answer:

$<-5,8>.$