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Vector Analysis Tutorial

This document contains 21 problems involving vector algebra concepts such as addition, subtraction, dot products, cross products, magnitudes, and orthogonality. The problems cover finding components of vectors, determining if vectors are parallel or orthogonal, computing projections, and proving various vector identities.

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Vector Analysis Tutorial

This document contains 21 problems involving vector algebra concepts such as addition, subtraction, dot products, cross products, magnitudes, and orthogonality. The problems cover finding components of vectors, determining if vectors are parallel or orthogonal, computing projections, and proving various vector identities.

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Mohamed Mostafa
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Alexandria University Faculty of Engineering Mechanical Engineering Department

First Year 2013

Vector Analysis Sheet (1) Vectors &Scalars Dot &Cross Product


1) If A 3i 4 j 5k , B 2i 3k find:
A , B , 2 A 3B , A B

2) Find the terminal point of the vector i 3 j k if its initial point is (1, 4,-1). 3) Given A 3i 4 k , B 12 j 5k find a unit vector in the direction of: i. A ii. B iii. ( A B) iv. ( B A) 4) Given A 3i 4 j ck determine a scalar c so that
A 13

5) Find a vector v of magnitude (2) and which is parallel to A 6i 3 j 2k in the opposite direction. 6) Find a vector of magnitude (2) and making an angle of 45 with the x-axis and an angle of 60 with the y-axis.

7) i. ii. iii. iv. v. vi.

If A 2i 3 j 4k , B i 2 j 5k , C 3i 6 j k , find:
A C, A B (A C ) (A C ) A B,C B C B A (C B / A C ) A A (B C )

8) Determine a scalar c so that the given vectors are orthogonal:

A ci 0.5 j ck , B 3i 4 j ck

9) i. ii. iii. iv. v.

Given A i 3 j 2k , B i j k , C 2i 6 j 9k , find: the angle between B and 2C 3A the component of A B in the direction of C the projection of A in the direction normal to B a unit vector n in direction normal to both B and C the projection of A in the direction of n

10) For the vectors a i 3 j 2k , b i j k , c 4i 3 j 2k ,

Find the projection of b c on a


11) Verify that the vector C B
A B A is orthogonal to | A |2

12) Show that: ( A B) ( A B) 2B A and ( A B) ( A B) | A | 2 | B | 2 13) Prove that | A B |2 | A | 2 | B |2 ( A B) 2 14) Prove that if ( A C ) B 0 then A ( B C ) ( A B ) C 15) Find the area of the triangle whose vertices are (1,2,4), (1,-1,3) and (-1,-1,2) 16) Find the value of the constant so that the following vectors lie in the same plane: A ( 1)i j k , B 6 j 12k , C 8i j 6k . 17) Determine whether the vectors 4i 6 j, 2i 6 j 6k and 5i 6 j k are coplanar 18) Prove that (2 A 3B) (3B C ) C 6[ ABC ] 19) Prove that if A ai bj ck , then i ( A i ) j ( A j) k ( A k ) 2 A 20) Given A i j k , B 2i 3k , C j 2k , prove that:
A ( B C ) (C A) B 4 j 11k

21) Prove the following: i. ( A B ) ( A C ) ( A B ) 0 ii. A [ A ( A B )] ( A A) ( B A)

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