Let u = 2i – 3j and v = i + j. Find Proj_{v} u.
Let u = 2i – 3j and v = i + j. Find Proj_{v} u.
Here (\mathbf{u} \cdot \mathbf{v}) /|\mathbf{v}|^{2}=-\frac{1}{2}, \text { so that } \operatorname{Proj}_{\mathbf{v}} \mathbf{u}=-\frac{1}{2} \mathbf{i}-\frac{1}{2} \mathbf{j}. This is illustrated in Figure 6.