Parallel vectors

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This question is about parallel vectors in $\mathbb{R}^2$ .

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u	vector	vector(4,-1)
a	integer	2
b	integer	5
lambda	integer	2

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For which value of $t$ , if any, is the vector $\begin{pmatrix}\var{a} \\ t^2\end{pmatrix}$ parallel to the vector $\var{u}$ ?

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Two vectors $u$ and $v$ are parallel if there is some scalar $\lambda$ such that $v=\lambda u$ (or the other way around).

a) To get $\begin{pmatrix}\var{a} \\ t^2\end{pmatrix}$ parallel to the vector $\var{u}$ , we would need $\lambda=\var{lambda}$ to make it work for the first entry. However, there is no (real number) $t$ such that $t^2=-\var{lambda}$ . So the answer is NA.

b) To get $\begin{pmatrix} \var{lambda}t \\ \var{b} \end{pmatrix}$ parallel to the vector $\var{u}$ , we need $\lambda = \var{-b}$ to make it work for the second entry:

$\begin{pmatrix}\var{lambda}t\\\var{b}\end{pmatrix}=\var{-b}\var{u}$

Then $t= \frac{\var{-b*lambda*a}}{\var{lambda}}=\var{-b*a}$ .

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