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Vector Multiplication

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Many quantities in physics are

defined in terms of vector


multiplication, which occurs in three
was:
1.Product of a vector and a scalar,
2.Dot product of two vectors, and
3.Cross product of two vectors.
Product of a Vector and a Scalar

Suppose that k is a scalar quantity and V is a


vector quantity. The product of k and V,
written as kV, is a vector. The magnitude of
the product k is multiplied by the magnitude
of V. The direction of the product is the same
as that of V.
An unbalanced force F acting on a
body of mass m will cause an
acceleration a according to the
equation F=ma. What force is
needed to give a 15-kg body an
2
acceleration of 2.4 m/s directed
east?
Vectors in
Space
How much work was
done by a woman if she
exerted a force of 5 N,
o
inclined 30 with the
horizontal surface and F
succeeded in moving his d
luggage by 2 m?
Matrix Representation of Scalar Products
It is useful to represent vectors as a row or column matrices, instead
of as above unit vectors. If we treat vectors as column matrices of
their x, y and z components, then the transposes of these vectors
would be row matrices. Therefore, the vectors 𝑨 and 𝑩 would look
like:
The matrix product of these 2 matrices will give us the scalar
product of the 2 matrices which is the sum of corresponding
spatial components of the given 2 vectors, the resulting number
will be the scalar product of vector A and vector B.
Vector Products Represented by Determinants

Now the above determinant can be solved as follows:


a = 3i + 4j
b = 5i -2j
A = 3i + 5j - 7k
B = 2i – 6j + 4k
A = <5, -4, 3>
B = <-7, 2, -8>
Given the two vectors A = -8𝑖Ƹ -
෠ ෠
4𝑗Ƹ − 6𝑘 and B = 2𝑖Ƹ + 3𝑗Ƹ - 7𝑘,
find (a) A + B, (b) A – B, and (c) -
4A, (d) A . B, (e) A x B, and (f)
the angle between vectors A
and B.
Given the two vectors A = 3𝑖Ƹ -
෠ ෠
4𝑗Ƹ + 5𝑘 and B = 4𝑖Ƹ - 2𝑗Ƹ + 3𝑘,
find (a) A + B, (b) A – B, and (c)
0.5B, (d) A . B, (e) A x B, and (f)
the angle between vectors A
and B.

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