Is it true that $left(vec w-dfrac12vec uright)perpleft(2vec w-vec uright);forallvec u,vec w$?

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True or false? Let $vec u$ and $vec w$ two vectors. Then $vec w-dfrac12vec u$ and $2vec w-vec u$ are perpendicular.




I think is false. Let $vec u=(1,0,0)$ and $vec w=(0,1,0)$ two vectors. Then $$left(vec w-dfrac12vec uright)cdotleft(2vec w-vec uright)=left(-dfrac 12,1,0right)cdotleft(-1,2,0right)=dfrac12+2=dfrac52neq0.$$



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True or false? Let $vec u$ and $vec w$ two vectors. Then $vec w-dfrac12vec u$ and $2vec w-vec u$ are perpendicular.




I think is false. Let $vec u=(1,0,0)$ and $vec w=(0,1,0)$ two vectors. Then $$left(vec w-dfrac12vec uright)cdotleft(2vec w-vec uright)=left(-dfrac 12,1,0right)cdotleft(-1,2,0right)=dfrac12+2=dfrac52neq0.$$



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    Yes, you are correct.
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True or false? Let $vec u$ and $vec w$ two vectors. Then $vec w-dfrac12vec u$ and $2vec w-vec u$ are perpendicular.




I think is false. Let $vec u=(1,0,0)$ and $vec w=(0,1,0)$ two vectors. Then $$left(vec w-dfrac12vec uright)cdotleft(2vec w-vec uright)=left(-dfrac 12,1,0right)cdotleft(-1,2,0right)=dfrac12+2=dfrac52neq0.$$



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True or false? Let $vec u$ and $vec w$ two vectors. Then $vec w-dfrac12vec u$ and $2vec w-vec u$ are perpendicular.




I think is false. Let $vec u=(1,0,0)$ and $vec w=(0,1,0)$ two vectors. Then $$left(vec w-dfrac12vec uright)cdotleft(2vec w-vec uright)=left(-dfrac 12,1,0right)cdotleft(-1,2,0right)=dfrac12+2=dfrac52neq0.$$



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    Yes, you are correct.
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    Yes, you are correct.
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Yes, you are correct.
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They are parallel
$$left(2vec w-vec uright)=2left(vec w-dfrac12vec uright)$$
this shows one is a factor of the another.






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    They are parallel
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    this shows one is a factor of the another.






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      They are parallel
      $$left(2vec w-vec uright)=2left(vec w-dfrac12vec uright)$$
      this shows one is a factor of the another.






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        They are parallel
        $$left(2vec w-vec uright)=2left(vec w-dfrac12vec uright)$$
        this shows one is a factor of the another.






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        They are parallel
        $$left(2vec w-vec uright)=2left(vec w-dfrac12vec uright)$$
        this shows one is a factor of the another.







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