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VECTOR ALGEBRA
1. INTRODUCTION
1 1. Two type of numbers - Vector and scalar.
3. TYPES OF VECTORS
4 1. Equal vectors, null vector, unit vectors, position vector, like and unlike
vectors,collinear and parallel vectors
3. TYPES OF VECTORS
3. TYPES OF VECTORS
6 3. Free vector and localized vector
3. TYPES OF VECTORS
7 4. In a regular hexagon find which vectors are collinear, equal, coinitial, collinear but
not equal.
4. ADDITION OF VECTOR
8 1. Parallelogram law of addition of vectors
4. ADDITION OF VECTOR
9 2. Properties of addition of vectors
4. ADDITION OF VECTOR
10 3. Magnitude of addition of two vectors
4. ADDITION OF VECTOR
11 4. Commutative law
4. ADDITION OF VECTOR
12 5. Associative law
4. ADDITION OF VECTOR
13 6. Existence of additive identity
4. ADDITION OF VECTOR
14 7. Existence of additive inverse
4. ADDITION OF VECTOR
4. ADDITION OF VECTOR
16 9. Addition of vectors in 3 dimensional space
4. ADDITION OF VECTOR
17 10. ABCD is a parallelogram. E; F are mid point of BC; CD respectively. AE; AF meet
the diagonal BD at points Q and P respectively. Show that points P and Q trisect DB.
5. COMPONENTS OF A VECTOR
18 1. Component of vector
8. SECTION FORMULA
22 1. Section formulae (Internal division)
8. SECTION FORMULA
23
2. Section formula (External division)
8. SECTION FORMULA
→ →
24 3. If a and b are the position vectors of A and B respectively; find the position
vector of a point C on BA produced such that BC = 3/2 BA.
27 3. Linearly Independent
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→ → →
5. Theorem 1: If a and b are two non collinear vectors; then every vector r
29 → →
coplanar with a and b can be expressed in one and only one way as a linear
→ →
combination: x a +y b .
→ → → →
30 6. Theorem 2: If a , b and c are non coplanar vectors; then any vector r can be
→ → →
expressed as linear combination: x a +y b +z c
31 → → → →→→
7. Theorem 3:If vectors a , b and c are coplanar then det( a b c ) = 0
32 8. Examples: Prove that the segment joining the middle points of two non parallel
sides of a trapezium is parallel to the parallel sides and half of their sum.
35 11. The lines joining the vertices of a tetrahedron to the centroids of opposite faces
are concurrent.
48 5. Two parallel vectors have proportional direction ratios and representation of vector
r in terms of direction ratios.
51 2
1. a. a = |a| and commutative and distributive law of dot product
2.
→ → →
l a . m b = lm( a
52
→
. b)
→ → → → → →
and a . b = 0 then a and b are perpendicular if a and b are not null vector
3.
∣→ →∣
2
∣→∣ 2
∣a ± b ∣ = ∣a ∣
∣ ∣
∣→∣
2
+∣b∣
∣ ∣
∣ →∣∣→∣
± 2∣ a ∣∣ b ∣cos θ
∣ ∣
53 and
→ →
(a + b )
→ → →∣2
.(a − b ) = ∣a ∣
∣
∣→∣
2
−∣b∣
∣ ∣
55 5. Using dot product of vectors; prove that a parallelogram; whose diagonal are equal;
is a rectangle.
63 → →
4. Vector normal to the plane; passing through a and b
→ →
6. Lagrange identity: If two vector a ; b are any two vectors
∣→ →∣
2
∣a × b ∣
∣ ∣
= (∣ a ∣ ∣ b ∣
65 ∣ →∣2∣ →∣2
∣ ∣
2
−(a. b ) )
→ →
→ → → → → →
66 7. Show that ( a − b )x( a + b ) = 2( a x b )
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2. Property 2:
[ k→ → →]
76 a b c
= k[ → → →]
a b c
3. Property 3&4:
[→ → → →]
a + b c d
77 = [→ → →]
a c d
+ [→ → →]
b c d
and right and left handed system
→ → →
6. For any three vectors a , b , c find
80 → → → → →]
[→ a + b b + c c + a
7. Simplify
81 [→ → → → → →]
a − b b − c c − a
1. Prove that
→ →
î × ( a × i ) + ĵ
→ →
83 × ( a × j ) + k̂
→ →
×(a × k)
→
= 2a
→ → → → → → → →
2. Lagrange identity: ( a x b ). ( c x d ) = a . ( b x( c x d ))
84
2. Property 2 & 3:
→ → → →
a. b' = a. c '
→ → → →
= b. c ' = c . a'
=0
86 and
[→ → →]
a b c
[→ → → ]
a' b' c '
=1
87
3. Property 4: The orthogonal triad of vectors î, ĵ, k̂ is self reciprocal.
→ → → → → →
88 4. Property 5: Vectors a , b and c are non-coplanar iff vectors a ' , b ' and c '
are non-coplanar.
21. MISCELLANEOUS
1. Find
→
î × ( a × î ) + ĵ
89 →
× ( a × ĵ) + k̂
→
× ( a × k̂)
21. MISCELLANEOUS
→ → →
2. Let a , b and c be any three vectors; then prove that
90 → → → 2
[a × b b × c c × a ]=[a b c ]
→ → → → → →
21. MISCELLANEOUS
→ → →
3. a , b and c are three non-coplanar vectors and r is any arbitrary vector. Prove
that
[→ → → ]→
b c r a
→
91 → → →
+[ c a r ]b
+ [→ → → ]→
a b r c
→ → →
= [→
a b c ]r
21. MISCELLANEOUS
94 2. If sum of two unit vectors is a unit vector; prove that the magnitude of their
difference is √3
95 3. Let O be the centre of a regular hexagon ABCDEF. Find the sum of the vectors OA
,OB, OC, OD, OE and OF