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Question: How to find a Perpendicular Vector

Question:How to find a Perpendicular Vector

Steve Roper 180 Maple
linear-algebra physics
April 18 2020
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I am looking for an elegant way in which to find a vector that is perpendicular to another vector.  The attached worksheet shows one method, but this can result in a divide by zero error.  I could write a procedure to detect and avoid the divide by zero error, but this feels like a sledgehammer to crack a nut :-)

Another method might be to rotate the vector by PI/2, but I'm not sure how to do this.

Any suggestions would be gratefully received!

Perpendicular_Vectors.mw

 

 

 
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