Calculus III (8th edition)

by Larson, Hostetler, and Edwards

Section 11.1- Vectors in the Plane

7. Find the vectors u and v whose initial and terminal points are
given. Show that u and v are equivalent.
  a b a  b
  a b a b

  a  b  a    b    
  a  b  a  b    
This shows the vectors are equivalent because the i and j
components are the same.

13. The initial point of a vector  is a b and the terminal point is
a b
(a) Sketch the given directed line segment, (b) write the vector
in component form, and (c) sketch the vector with its initial point
at the origin.
a) Just draw the line segment from a b to a b and put
the arrow head at a b
y
6

2 x
6

b)   a b  a b  a     b  a b

c) If  starts at a b it will end at a b
 y

4
x

17. Sketch each scalar multiple of v.

  a b
a) 2v

b) -3v
  is shown in red. It's length is 3 times as long as 
and it goes in the opposite direction.

v 3

-3v
9

6
 
23. Find  (b) v-u, and (c) 2u+5v.
  a b   a  b


  a b  Œ  •  Œ  • 
    
a)
b)     a  b  a b  a      b  a    b
    

c)     a b  a  b  a  b

33. Find the magnitude of     

ll  É  a  b  È    È 

53. Find the component form of v given its magnitude and the angle
it makes with the positive x-axis.
ll     °.

  a b where x and y are illustrated below.

y
150
2
y x
x
È
   °      È 
   °  ab  


  ˆ  È ‰ 

69. Find a unit vector (a) parallel to and (b) normal to the graph
 of  ab at the given point. Then sketch the graph of the vectors
and the function.
 ab   at the point a b

a) A vector parallel to the graph at a b is parallel to the tangent

line at this point.
   
at the point a b the slope of the tangent line is  ab  ab   .
Therefore a vector parallel will have slope 6 and such a vector
is a b A unit vector in the same direction is a b 
È  


ŽÈ  È • 
 
 


b) a vector normal to the graph will have slope  

is Œ  • or better a  b
 
A vector with slope 
 

A unit vector in same direction is Ž

È È •
 
 

79. Find the magnitude and direction of the resultant of the 3 vectors.

F3
y 110

F1
2.5 2 33
x
-125
3
F2

    °     ° 

    a  b°    a  b° 
    °     ° 
         a  °   a  °b    °b
 a  °   a  °b    °b 
     
 is located in the 2nd quadrant.

y
.9811

-.8984
x
l l  È    
  °  Œ •      ° 



89. Use the figure to determine the tension in each cable

supporting the given load.

50 30

2000 lb
 Look at the 2 right triangles where  and  are
the lengths of the "hypotenuses." The other 2 acute angles
are 40° and 60°.

50 30

t1
40 60 t2

2000 lb
In the y direction (vertical) the forces are
  0°  °
In the x direction (horizontal) the forces are
 °  °
The sum of the forces in each direction must be 0.
  °    ° and
 °   °   
{{t2 -> 1305.41, t1 -> 1758.77}}

91. A gun with muzzle velocity of 1200 ft/sec is fired at an angle

of 6° above the horizontal. Find the vertical and horizontal
components of the velocity.

1200
y
6
x
The horoz. component       °   ft/sec.
The vertic. component       °   ft/sec.