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Calculus II – Practice Problems 59

Section 5-2 : Vector Arithmetic


 
1. Given a = 8,5 and b = −3, 6 compute each of the following.

(a) 6a
 
(b) 7b − 2a
 
(c) 10a + 3b

      
2. Given u = 8i − j + 3k and =
v 7 j − 4k compute each of the following.

(a) −3v
 
(b) 12u + v
 
(c) −9v − 2u

   
3. Find a unit vector that points in the same direction as q =i + 3 j + 9k .


4. Find a vector that points in the same direction as c = −1, 4 with a magnitude of 10.

 
a
5. Determine if = 3, −5,1 and =
b 6, −2, 2 are parallel vectors.

    
6. Determine if v = 9i − 6 j − 24k and w = −15,10, 40 are parallel vectors.
   
7. Prove the property : v + w = w + v .

© 2018 Paul Dawkins http://tutorial.math.lamar.edu


Calculus II – Practice Problems 60

Section 5-3 : Dot Product


 
For problems 1 – 3 determine the dot product, a b .

 
=
1. a 9,5, −4, 2 , b = −3, −2, 7, −1

    
=
2. a 0, 4, −2 , b = 2i − j + 7k

  3 π
3. a = 5 , b = and the angle between the two vectors is θ = .
7 12

For problems 4 & 5 determine the angle between the two vectors.

 
4. v = 1, 2,3, 4 , w = 0, −1, 4, −2

    
5. a =i + 3 j − 2k , b =−9,1, −5

For problems 6 – 8 determine if the two vectors are parallel, orthogonal or neither.

    
q
6. = 4, −2, 7 , p =−3i + j + 2k

 
7. a = 3,10 , =
b 4, −1

       
8. w =i + 4 j − 2 k , v =−3i − 12 j + 6k
  
9. Given a = −8, 2 and b = −1, −7 compute proj a b .

        
10. Given u = 7i − j + k and w =−2i + 5 j − 6k compute proj w u .

 1
11. Determine the direction cosines and direction angles for r = −3, − ,1 .
4

© 2018 Paul Dawkins http://tutorial.math.lamar.edu


Calculus II – Practice Problems 61

Section 5-4 : Cross Product


   
1. If w
= 3, −1,5 and
= v 0, 4, −2 compute v × w .

   
w
2. If= 1, 6, −8 and v = 4, −2, −1 compute w × v .

3. Find a vector that is orthogonal to the plane containing the points P = ( 3, 0,1) , Q
= ( 4, −2,1) and
R
= ( 5,3, −1) .
  
=
4. Are the vectors u 1, 2, −4 , v =−5,3, −7 and w = −1, 4, 2 are in the same plane?

© 2018 Paul Dawkins http://tutorial.math.lamar.edu

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