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BTKU 1013 Technical Mathematics



TUTORIAL EXERCISES
CHAPTER 5
VECTORS








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Chapter 5 THREE-DIMENSIONAL VECTOR OPERATIONS

Reference:
Stewart, J. (2003), Calculus (5
th
ed.). Brooks/Cole, Cengage Learning

THREE DIMENSIONAL COORDINATE SYSTEMS

1. Sketch the points (), ( ), (), and ( ) on a single set of
coordinate axes.

2. Interpret the graph of in the contexts of
(a) a number line
(b) 2-space
(c) 3-space.

3. Which of the points (), ( ), and () is closest to the xz-
plane? Which point lies in the yz-plane?

4. Let T be the graph of

in 3-space. Find the

(a) intersection of T with the xz-plane is a circle with center _______and
radius _______
(b) intersection of T with the xy-plane is two lines with _______and
_______
(c) intersection of T with the yz-plane is two lines with _______and
_______

5. Sketch the graph of the equation in 3 space below:
(a)

(b)

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6. Given that u = , v = , w = i + 2j 3k, and z = 2i j + 5k, find
the following operations:

(a) 5z (d) 3u 4v
(b) u + 3v (e) ||
(c) 2w + 3z (f) | |

7. Find a unit vector that has the same direction as 8i j + 4k

8. Find a vector that has the same direction as but has length 6.

9. Let u = i 3j + 2k v = i + j, and w = 2i + 2j 4k, find
the norm of

(a) v u
(b) v u
(c) v 2u - 2
(d) w 5v - 3u
(e) w
w
1

(f) w
w
1


10. (a) Given that 3 v , find all the values of k such that 5 kv
(b) Given that k 3 and 6 kv , find v .

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11. Find b a
(a) 1 , 4 a , 6 , 3 b

(b)
2 , 0 , 5 a , 10 , 1 , 3 b

(c)
a = 4j 3k , b = 2i + 4j + 6k

(d)
a = i 2j + 3k , b = 5i + 9k
(e) 12 a , 15 b , the angle between a and b is
6

.


12. Find the angle between the vectors. (First find an exact expression and then
approximate to the nearest degree.)

(a)
1 , 3 a , 5 , 0 b

(b)
2 , 3 , 6 a , 2 , 1 , 2 b

(c)
a = 2i j + k , b = 3i + 2j k


13. Determine whether the given vectors are orthogonal, parallel, or neither.
(a)
7 , 3 , 5 a , 2 , 8 , 6 b

(b)
6 , 4 a , 2 , 3 b

(c)
a = i + 2j + 5k , b = 3i + 4j k
(d) a = 2i + 6j 4k , b = 3i 9j + 6k


14. Use vectors to decide whether the triangle with vertices
2 , 3 , 1 P
,

4 , 0 , 2 Q
and
5 , 2 , 6 R
is right-angled.

15. For what values of b are the vectors
2 , , 6 b
and
b b b , ,
2
orthogonal?

16. Find the direction cosines and direction angles of the vector. (Give the direction
angles correct to the nearest degree)
(a)
5 , 4 , 3


(b)
1 , 2 , 1


(c) 2i + 3j 6k





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17. Find the cross product and verify that it is orthogonal to both a and b.
(a)
0 , 2 , 1 a
,
1 , 3 , 0 b

(b)
4 , 1 , 5 a
,
2 , 0 , 1 b

(c) a = 2i + j k , b = j + 2k
(d) a = 3i + 2j + 4k , b = i 2j 3k

18. If 1 , 2 , 1 u and 3 , 1 , 0 v , find u v and v u.

19. Find the area of the parallelogram with vertices 3 , 2 , 1 K , 6 , 3 , 1 L , 6 , 8 , 3 M ,
and 3 , 7 , 3 N .

20. (a) Find a vector orthogonal to the plane through the points P, Q , and R.
(b) Find the area of triangle PQR.

(i) 0 , 0 , 1 P , 0 , 2 , 0 Q , and 3 , 0 , 0 R .

(ii) 5 , 1 , 2 P , 4 , 3 , 1 Q , and 6 , 0 , 3 R .

(iii) 3 , 0 , 2 P , 0 , 1 , 3 Q , and 2 , 2 , 5 R .

21. Find the volume of the parallelepiped determined by the vectors a, b, and c.
(a) 1 , 3 , 6 a

,

2 , 1 , 0 b , 5 , 2 , 4 c


(b) a = i + j k , b = i j + k , c = i + j + k


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