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Vector Advanced Practice Assignment-1

This document contains 10 questions regarding vectors. The questions cover topics such as: determining if quantities have the properties of vectors; vector addition and subtraction; using vectors to prove geometric theorems; and vector identities. Solutions to the questions will be provided in a few days.

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Vector Advanced Practice Assignment-1

This document contains 10 questions regarding vectors. The questions cover topics such as: determining if quantities have the properties of vectors; vector addition and subtraction; using vectors to prove geometric theorems; and vector identities. Solutions to the questions will be provided in a few days.

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Imp instructions:

1. Only attempt these questions when all the homework given till now is complete.
2. Solutions/Answers will be shared in a few days.

Q1. Answer the following:


(a) Should a quantity having a magnitude & direction be necessarily a vector?
(b) Can 2 similar vectors of different magnitude yield a zero resultant? Can 3 yield?
(c) Can ⃗a + ⃗b = ⃗a − ⃗b [Ans. Yes, if ⃗b is null vector]
(d) If ⃗a + ⃗b = ⃗c&|⃗a| + |⃗b| = |⃗c|. What further information can you have about these vectors?
(e) Time has a magnitude and a direction. Is it a vector?
→
− →
− →
− →
− →
− →
− →
−
(f) Suppose that d = d 1 + d 2 , Does this mean that we must have either d ≥ d1 or d ≥ d2 ? Explain.
(g) Does average velocity have a direction associated with it?
(h) Can a vector have zero magnitude if one of its components is not zero?

Q2.Using vectors prove that the shortest distance between two points is a straight line path.

Q3.A boat sails 5 km due North. Then it sails 5 km60◦ North of East. There it gets stuck in a storm,
and arrives at a point 2.5 km due East to the initial point. Determine the distance through which the
storm displaces the boat and its direction.

Q4. The greatest & the least magnitude of the resultant of two forces of constant magnitudes are p&q
respectively.
p If the forces act at an angle 2α, then prove that the magnitude of their resultant is given by
p cos α + q 2 sin2 α
2 2

√
Q5. A point P is initially at (0, 0). It then moves along the line y = 3x, for a distance of 10 units.
Then it moves another 5 units in a direction parallel to the x-axis. Find the position vector of the final point.

Q6. Find a unit vector that lies along the line y = x.

Q7. State if the following statements are true or false:


a. ⃗
A·B ⃗ =B ⃗ ·A
⃗
b. ⃗ · (B
A ⃗ + C)
⃗ =A ⃗·B⃗ +B ⃗ ·C⃗
⃗ ⃗ + C)
⃗ = r(A
⃗ · B)
⃗ + (A ⃗ · C)
⃗
c.  · (r
A B  
d. ⃗ · c2 B
c1 A ⃗ = (c1 c2 ) (A
⃗ · B)
⃗
⃗·B
e. If A ⃗ =A
⃗ · C,
⃗ then B
⃗ always equals C
⃗ unless A
⃗ is zero

Q8. Consider a cube as shown in the figure. A is the origin. AB is along the x-axis, AD is along the
y-axis and AP is along the z-axis. Match the columns below for angle θ.

1
Q9. The figure shown illustrates vector reflection. I⃗ is the incident vector and R
⃗ is the reflected vector.
M⃗ is the vector along which the mirror lies., and lie in the same plane. Properties of the reflected ray as
given below:

(i). Magnitude of reflected vector is equal to magnitude of incident vector


(ii). Magnitude of angle that the reflected vector makes with the mirror vector = magnitude of angle that
the incident vector makes with the mirror vector.
(a) Suppose M ⃗ lies along the x-axis. Point of incidence is the origin. If → −
I is given by −î − ĵ, find the
→
−
reflected vector R .
→
−
(b) For a general I⃗ = aî + bĵ in the above situation, find the reflected ray R .
(c) Repeat part b, if the mirror lies along the y-axis.
⃗ →
⃗ and I, − ⃗M
R , is given by 2 MI·
⃗ ⃗ ⃗
(d) Prove that for a general M ⃗ ·M⃗ M −I

Q10. By forming the dot product of two appropriate vectors, derive the trigonometric identity

cos(α − β) = cos α cos β + sin α sin β

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