10/4/2017 MasteringPhysics: Assignment 2: Motion in 2-D

VectorAdditioninaUnitCell

Innature,substancesoftenpossessacrystallinestructure.Thebasiccomponentofacrystalistheunitcell,suchasthe
rectangularparallelpipedillustratedinthefigure.(Forthepurposesof
thisproblem,takeL1 ,L2 ,andL3 tobepositive.)

Findthefollowingquantities.Whenthequestionasksforavector,
expressyouranswerasanorderedtriplet.Thatis,avectorwithlength
ainthexdirection,lengthb intheydirection,andlengthc inthez

directionshouldbewrittenas(a, b, c).

PartA

WhatisthevectorV 1 frompointOtopointE?
ANSWER:

V

1 = , ,
L2 0 L3

AnswerRequested

PartB

WhatisthevectorV 2 frompointOtopointF?
ANSWER:

V 2 = L2 , L1 , L3

Correct

PartC

WhatisthevectorV 3 frompointOtopointC?
ANSWER:

V 3 = 0, L 1 , 0

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PartD

Hint1.Howtousethecomponents
Addthecomponentsseparately.

ANSWER:

2V 3 + 3V 2 = 3L 2 , 5L 1 , 3L 3

Correct

PartE

Hint1.Themeaningof|V |

|V |representsthelengthofthevectorV.

Hint2.Lengthofavector

2
Avectorwhosex,y,andzcomponentsare,respectively,a,b,andchasalengthequalto a2 +b +c
2
.

ANSWER:

|V 1 |=
2 2
L + L2
3

AnswerRequested

PartF

Hint1.Considergeometry
UsePythagoreantrianglestocalculatethelengthofthevector.

ANSWER:

|V 2 |= L2 2 + L1 2 + L3 2

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PartG
ANSWER:

|V 3 |=
2
L1

Correct

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