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Activity7 Vector or Cross Product

1) The document describes an experiment to verify geometrically that the cross product of a vector c with the sum of vectors a and b is equal to the sum of the cross products of c with a and c with b. 2) The experiment involves drawing line segments to represent the vectors and constructing parallelograms based on these line segments. 3) It is shown that the area of the parallelogram representing c × (a + b) is equal to the sum of the areas of the parallelograms representing c × a and c × b, verifying the equation.

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Activity7 Vector or Cross Product

1) The document describes an experiment to verify geometrically that the cross product of a vector c with the sum of vectors a and b is equal to the sum of the cross products of c with a and c with b. 2) The experiment involves drawing line segments to represent the vectors and constructing parallelograms based on these line segments. 3) It is shown that the area of the parallelogram representing c × (a + b) is equal to the sum of the areas of the parallelograms representing c × a and c × b, verifying the equation.

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ACTIVITY-7 :

VECTOR OR CROSS PRODUCT


OBJECTIVE
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To verify geometrically that c  a + b = c  a + c  b

MATERIAL REQUIRED
▪ A drawing board
▪ A white paper sheet
▪ Board pins, pencil and scale

METHOD OF CONSTRUCTION
1. Take drawing boards and fix a white paper sheet on it with board pins.
2. Draw a line segment OA (=6cm, say) and let it represent c .
3. Draw another line segment OB (=4cm, say) at an angle (say 60 ) with OA. Let OB = a .
4. Draw BC (=3cm.say) making an angle ( 30 ) with OA . Let BC = b
5. Draw perpendiculars BM, CL and BN.
6. Complete parallelogram OAPC, OAQB and BQPC.

DEMONSTRATION
1. OC = OB + BC = a + b , and Let COA = 
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2. c  a + b = c a + b sin  = area of parallelogram OAPC
3. c  a =area of parallelogram OAQB
4. c  b =area of parallelogram BQPC
5. Area of parallelogram OAPC=(OA)(CL)
=(OA)(LN+NC)
=(OA)(BM+NC)
=(OA)(BM)+(OA)(NC)
=Area of parallelogram OAQB+Area of parallelogram BQPC
= c+a + c+b
So, ( )
c a + b = ca + cb

( )
Direction of each of these vectors c  a + b , c  a and c  b is perpendicular to the same plane.

( )
So, c  a + b = c  a + c  b .

OBSERVATION
⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗| = 𝑂𝐴 = 6𝑐𝑚
➢ |𝑐⃗| = |𝑂𝐴

➢ |𝑎⃗ + 𝑏⃗⃗| = |𝑂𝐶


⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ | = 𝑂𝐶 = 6.7𝑐𝑚

➢ CL=5cm
➢ |𝒄
⃗⃗ × (𝒂 ⃗⃗)|= Area of parallelogram OAPC
⃗⃗ + 𝒃
=(OA)(CL)=30sq. units ___________________________________ (1)
➢ |𝒄
⃗⃗ × 𝒂
⃗⃗| = 𝐀𝐫𝐞𝐚 𝐨𝐟Parallelogram OAQB
=(OA)(BM)=6cm  3.5 cm =21 sq. cm ___________________________________ (2)
➢ |𝒄
⃗⃗ × 𝒂
⃗⃗| = 𝐀𝐫𝐞𝐚 𝐨𝐟Parallelogram BQPC
=(OA)(CN)=6cm  1.5 cm = 9 sq. cm ___________________________________ (3)
From eqn ①,② and ③ , we have :
Area of parallelogram OAPC = Area of parallelogram OAQB + Area of parallelogram BQPC.
Thus, |𝒄 ⃗⃗ + ⃗𝒃⃗)| = |𝒄
⃗⃗ × (𝒂 ⃗⃗ × 𝒂 ⃗⃗ × ⃗𝒃⃗|
⃗⃗| + |𝒄
𝑐⃗ × 𝑎⃗, 𝑐⃗ × 𝑏⃗⃗ and 𝑐⃗ × (𝑎⃗ + 𝑏⃗⃗)are all in the direction of perpendicular to the plane of paper.

CONCLUSION
( )
Therefore, c  a + b = c  a + c  b

PREPARED BY
LPS HEAD OFFICE

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