The Quiz (same for both C++\/Python)<\/h2>\n
In mathematics, the dot product, or scalar product (or sometimes inner product in the
\ncontext of Euclidean space), is an algebraic operation that takes two equal-length
\nsequences of numbers (usually coordinate vectors) and returns a single number.<\/p>\n
Algebraically, it is the sum of the products of the corresponding entries of the two
\nsequences of numbers<\/p>\n
What to Do<\/h2>\n
Create a function called dot_product that receives two lists of numbers (say list1 and
\nlist2). The function returns what is the dot product of the two lists.<\/p>\n
For full marks, if the lists are not the same size, then the function should return the
\nspecial value of NaN (which represents not a number).<\/p>\n
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- For Python, you can create this value with the\u00a0expression: float(‘NaN’)<\/li>\n
- For C++, check here:\u00a0http:\/\/www.cplusplus.com\/reference\/cmath\/nan-function\/<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Example. If the input is [2,4,5,6] and [1,2,3,4] the result will be 49 since\u00a0(2*1)+(4*2)+(5*3)+(6*4) = 49<\/p>\n
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