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The flow lines (or streamlines) of a vector field are the paths followed by a particle whose velocity field is the given vector field. Thus, the vectors in a vector field are tangent to the flow lines.

Use a sketch of the vector field F(x,y)=xiyj\mathbf{F}(x, y)=x \mathbf{i}-y \mathbf{j} to draw some flow lines. From your sketches, can you guess the equations of the flow lines?

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If we take the starting point (1,0)\left(1, 0\right), then

F(1, 0)=i.F\left(1, \ 0\right)=i.

Next, we draw the vector 1, 0\left\langle 1, \ 0 \right\rangle starting at the point (1,0)\left(1, 0\right) as it is shown in Figure 1.
If we take the starting point (0,1)\left(0, 1\right), then

F(0, 1)=j.F\left(0, \ 1\right)=-j.

Next, we draw the vector 0, 1\left\langle 0, \ -1\right\rangle starting at the point (0,1)\left(0, 1\right) as it is shown in the Figure 1.

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