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Prepared by: Dr.

Amit Mahajan, National Institute of Technology Delhi

Practice Sheet — 24
Topic — Vectors
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1. Find the dot product u ⋅ v and the length of vectors u , v .
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a. u = −2i + 4 j − 5k, v = 2i − 4 j + 5k = 1
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b. u = 3 j + 4k, v = 10i + 11j − 2k
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c. u= ,− , v= ,
2 3 2 3

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2. Find the length and direction of u × v and v × u
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a. u = 2i − 2 j − k, v = i − k
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b. u = −8i − 2 j − 4k, v = 2i + 2 j + k
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c. u = i − j + k, v = i + j + 2k
2 2

3. Find the gradient of the function at the given point


a. f ( x, y ) = y − x, ( 2,1)

b. f ( x, y ) =
x 2 y2
2 2
− , ( 2,1 )
c. f ( x, y ) = 2x + 3y, ( −1,2 )
d. f ( x, y, z ) = x 2 + y 2 − 2z 2 + z ln x, (1,1,1)
e. f ( x, y, z ) = 2z 3 − 3( x 2 + y 2 ) z + tan −1 ( xz ) , (1,1,1)

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4. Find the directional derivative of the function at point P in the direction of u .
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a. f ( x, y ) = 2xy − 3y 2 , P ( 5,5 ) , u = 4i + 3 j

x−y !
b. f ( x, y ) = , P (1,−1) , u = 12i + 5 j
xy + 2
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c. f ( x, y, z ) = xy + yz + zx, P (1,−1,2 ) , u = 3i + 6 j − 2k

⎛ 1⎞ !
d. f ( x, y, z ) = cos ( xy ) + e yz + ln ( zx ) , P ⎜ 1,0, ⎟ , u = i + 2 j + 2k
⎝ 2⎠

5. In what direction is the derivative of ƒ(x, y) = xy + y2 at P(3, 2) equal to zero?

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