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Worksheet Vector Operations

This document contains a vector operations worksheet with 9 questions. The questions involve adding, subtracting and scaling vectors, writing vectors in terms of other vectors, and drawing vector diagrams. Key steps include writing vectors as the difference of position vectors, combining like terms, and expressing answers in unit vector form.

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Worksheet Vector Operations

This document contains a vector operations worksheet with 9 questions. The questions involve adding, subtracting and scaling vectors, writing vectors in terms of other vectors, and drawing vector diagrams. Key steps include writing vectors as the difference of position vectors, combining like terms, and expressing answers in unit vector form.

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VectorOperationsWorksheet

Question1:
2
0
1
Positionvectorsfora,b,andc aregivenasa = , b = , and c = .
% %
%
% 0 % 2
% 1
Drawscaledrepresentationsoftheresultantof:
(i) u = 1
a + b
% 2 % %
(ii)u = a 2b + c
%
%
% %
Question2:
Considerthevectorsa,b,andcbelowdrawnonasetofgeographicalaxes:

(i)

(ii)

a
%

30

E
450
b
%

S
N

(iii)

20
c
%

S
Drawvectordiagramstoillustrateeachofthefollowingvectoroperations:
(a)

a+b

(b)2a+2b (c)2(a+b)(d)a+3c (e) cb

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Question3:
Writeeachofthefollowingdisplacementvectorsintermsofthe
uuur
uuur
uuur
positionvectorsa = OA, b = OB and c = OC (thisquestionisNot
relatedtotheabovequestions):
uuur
uuur uuur
(a) AB (For example = OB - OA = b - a)
uuur
(b)CB
uuur
(c )BA
uuur
(d )CA
uuur uuur
(e)AB + BC
uuur uuur
uuur
(f ) AB - BC + 2CA

Question4:

ABCDisaquadrilateral.
D

A
Writeasasinglevector:
uuur uuur
(a) AB + BC

uuur uuur
(b) AB + BD

uuur uuur uuur


(c ) AC + CB + BD

uuur uuur uuur uuur


(d )BC + CD + DA + AC

Question5:
OABCisaparallelogram.ThepositionvectorsofAandBareaandb
respectively.Writeeachofthefollowingintermsofaandb
A

O
uuur
uuuur
uuur
uuur uuur
(a)AC (b)BC (c ) CA (d ) OA + AC
uuur uuur
uuur uuur
(g) BA + OB (h) CO - AO

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(e)

uuur uuur
BC + CA

C
uuur uuur
(f )OC - OB

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Question6:
Determinethepositionvectorintermsoftheunitvectorsiandjforeachof
thepointswithcoordinates:
(i)(5,7)

(ii)(5,4) (iii)(0,2)

Question7:
If

4
6
a= b=
2
-2

-5
c=
3

find:

(a)(a+b)+2c(b)2a+bc(c) (a2c)+(cb)
Expressanswersin i,jform.

Question8:
Foreachofthefollowingpairsofpoints,findthedisplacementvectorslocating
uuur
thesecondpointfromthefirstpoint(i.e. AB) :

(a)A(0,2),B(4,5)

(b)A(2,3),B(5,4)(c)A(4,5),B(0,2)

Question9:
Drawthefollowingvectorsusingasuitablescale:
Vectora,whichis3unitsnorthand4unitseastoftheorigin.
Vectorb,whichis4unitswestand3unitsnorthoftheorigin.
Onthesamediagram,draw
(a)
(b)

a+b
a b

Writetheanswersto(a)and(b)ini,jform.

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SolutionsVectorOperationsWorksheet
Question1:
(b)

1
u = a+b
% 2 % %

(a)

u = a - 2b + c
%
%
% %

1
a
O 2 %
u
%

c
%

u
%

-2b
%

b
%
O
a
%

Question2:
2a
(b)
(a)

2b

a
b
a+b
2a+2b

(c)

2(a+b)

a
3c
(d)
a+3c

cb

(e)

b
c

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Question3:
uuur uuur uuur
(a) AB = OB - OA

Thinkofitlikethis:
TogetfromAtoB,
uuur
uuur
yougoAto0 = AO = - OA ,
uuur
then0toB = OB .ie
uuur uuur uuur
AB = OB - OA = b - a

x
0

uuur
uuur uuur
(a)AB (For example = OB - OA = b - a)
uuur uuur uuur
(b)CB = OB - OC = b - c
uuur uuur uuur
(c)BA = OA - OB = a - b
uuur uuur uuur
(d )CA = OA - OC = a - c
uuur uuur
uuur uuur
uuur uuur
(e)AB + BC =
(OB - OA) + (OC - OB)
uuur uuur
= - OA + OC = - a + c = c - a
uuur uuur
uuur
uuur uuur
uuur uuur
uuur uuur
(f ) AB - BC + 2CA =
(OB - OA) - (OC - OB) + 2(OA - OC)
uuur uuur uuur
uuur
uuur
= 2OB - OA - OC + 2OA - 2OC
uuur uuur
uuur
= 2OB + OA - 3OC = 2b - a - 3c

Question4:
(a)

uuur
AC

(b)

uuur
AD

uuur
(c ) AD

uuur
(d )BC

Question5:
(a)b (b)a (c) b (d)a+b (e) ab (f)a(g)a (h)b

Question6:
(i)5i+7j (ii)5i+4j (iii)0i+2j=2j

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Question7:
4 6
-5 10 -10 0
(a)(a+b)+2c= + + 2 = +
= = 0i + 6 j = 6j
2 -2
3 0 6 6
4 6 -5 3
(b)2a + b - c = - 2 + - = = 3i - 9j
2 -2 3 -9
4
-5 -5 6 14 -11 3
(c )(a - 2c ) + (c - b) = - 2 + - = +
= = 3i + j
3 3 -2 -4 5 1
2

Question8:
DisplacementVector:
uuur uuur uuur 4 0 4
(a)AB = OB OB = - = = 4i - 7j
-5 2 -7
uuur uuur uuur 5 2 3
(b)AB = OB OB = - = = 3i + j
4 3 1
uuur uuur uuur 0 4 -4
(c)AB = OB OB = - = = -4i + 7j
2 -5 7

Question9:
N

b
a+b
a

b
W

ab

b
E

S
a=4i+3j
b=4i+3j
a+b=0i+6j=6j
ab=8i+0j=8i

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