Vectors Comprehensive Notes New PDF
Vectors Comprehensive Notes New PDF
𝑉𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟
𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑏𝑜𝑡ℎ 𝑠𝑖𝑧𝑒 (𝑚𝑎𝑔𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑒) 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑑𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛
𝐸𝑥𝑎𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑣𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟 𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡, 𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑜𝑐𝑖𝑡𝑦, 𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛, 𝑤𝑒𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑐𝑒 𝑒𝑡𝑐
𝑆𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑎𝑟
𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑠𝑖𝑧𝑒 𝑜𝑟 𝑚𝑎𝑔𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑒 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦
𝐸𝑥𝑎𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑠𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑎𝑟 𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑚𝑎𝑠𝑠, 𝑣𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑚𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑒𝑑 𝑒𝑡𝑐.
𝑉𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟 𝑁𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛
𝐴𝐵 𝑜𝑟 𝑎Ԧ ∶ 𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑛 𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑜𝑤
𝑖 𝐷𝑖𝑎𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑐 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚 𝐴𝑟𝑟𝑜𝑤𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑖𝑡𝑠 𝑝𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑔𝑖𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑑𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛
𝐵
𝑎Ԧ
𝐴
𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑠 𝐴𝐵 𝑜𝑟 𝑎Ԧ
The arrow shows the direction of the vector that from point A to point B
𝑅𝑒𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝑣𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑠(𝑐𝑡𝑑)
2
𝐴𝐵=
−1
𝐴𝐵= 𝑎Ԧ − 𝑏
𝐸𝑥𝑎𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑎 𝑣𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟
𝐸𝑥𝑎𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑎 𝑉𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟
𝐵
𝑎Ԧ
𝐴
𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑠 𝐴𝐵 𝑜𝑟 𝑎Ԧ
The arrow shows the direction of the vector that from point A to point B
𝑉𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟 𝑂𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠
2 𝑞-
Ԧ 𝑝Ԧ
𝑆𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠
𝑝Ԧ + 𝑞Ԧ 2 𝑞Ԧ 2 𝑞Ԧ − 𝑝Ԧ
2 0 0 0 2
= + =2 =2 −
−1 1 1 1 −1
2 0 0 2
= = = −
0 2 2 −1
−2
=
4
𝑇𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑉𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑠
x
𝑇= y
𝑊ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑥 𝑖𝑠 ℎ𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑧𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑚𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡&𝑦 𝑖𝑠 𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝑚𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡.
𝑆𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠
𝑆𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠
1
𝐴𝐵 =
2
−2
𝐶𝐷 =
−2
1
𝐸𝐹 =
0
−1 0
𝐺𝐻 = 𝐼𝐽 =
−1 2
𝐸𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑙 𝑉𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑠
𝐹𝑜𝑟 𝐸𝑥𝑎𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑖𝑓
2 2
𝑢= 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑣Ԧ =
−1 −1
𝐷𝑖𝑎𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑐 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚
𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑣𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑥 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑦 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜.
𝑁𝐵. 𝑉𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑠 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑏𝑒 𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑙 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑙.
𝐼𝑛 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑑𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑑𝑖𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑠𝑖𝑧𝑒𝑠 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑙.
𝐸𝑥𝑎𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑠
6 3
𝐺𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑢 = 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑣Ԧ =
−2 −1
3
𝑢=2
−1
𝑢 = 2𝑣Ԧ
Therefore 𝑢 and 𝑣Ԧ are parallel vectors
also 𝑢 is 2 times bigger than 𝑣Ԧ
𝑃𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑙 𝑉𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑠
𝐷𝑖𝑎𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑚𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑐 𝑅𝑒𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛
𝑂𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝑉𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑠
𝑂𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝑉𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑠
𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑉𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑙 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑂𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠
𝑎𝑠 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑏𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑜𝑤𝑠.
𝑂𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝑣𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑠
𝑂𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝑉𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑠
𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑉𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑙 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑂𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠
𝑎𝑠 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑏𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑜𝑤𝑠.
2 −2
𝐺𝐻 = 𝐼𝐽 =
3 −3
𝑂𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝑣𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑠
𝐸𝑥𝑎𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑠
2
𝐺𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝐺𝐻 = . 𝐹𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝐻𝐺.
3
𝑆𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛
𝐻𝐺. = − 𝐺𝐻
2
𝐻𝐺. = −
3
−2
=
−3
𝑀𝑎𝑔𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑉𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑠
𝑀𝑎𝑔𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑒/𝑆𝑖𝑧𝑒/𝑀𝑜𝑑𝑢𝑙𝑢𝑠/𝐿𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑡ℎ/𝐷𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒
x
𝐺𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝐴𝐵 = 𝑦 . 𝑀𝑎𝑔𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝐴𝐵 .
𝐴𝐵 = 𝑥2 + 𝑦2
3
𝐸𝑥𝑎𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒. 𝐼𝑓 𝐴𝐵 = . 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝐴𝐵 = 32 + 42
4
= 9 + 16
= 25
=5
𝑀𝑎𝑔𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑉𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑠
𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝐴𝐵 = 32 + 42
= 9 + 16
= 25
=5
𝑈𝑛𝑖𝑡 𝑉𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑠
𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝐴𝐵 = 12 + 12
= 1+1
= 1
=1
𝑃𝑜𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐷𝑖𝑠𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑉𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑠
𝑃𝑜𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑣𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑠
𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑣𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑒
𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑔𝑖𝑛 0; 0 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑒.
𝑂𝐴 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑂𝐵 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑣𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑠.
𝑃𝑜𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐷𝑖𝑠𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑉𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑠
𝐴𝐵 = 𝑂𝐵 − 𝑂𝐴
B
BB
𝑃𝑜𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐷𝑖𝑠𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑉𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑠
3
𝑂𝐴 =
1
4
𝑂𝐵 =
3
𝐴𝐵 = 𝑂𝐵 − 𝑂𝐴
4 3
= −
3 1
1
=
2
𝑀𝑖𝑑 𝑝𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑜𝑛 𝑉𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑠
4
𝐺𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝐺𝐻 = . 𝐼𝑓 𝑝𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑡 𝑀 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑖𝑑 𝑝𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝐺𝐻.
−6
1
𝐺𝑀 = 𝐺𝐻
2
1 4
=
2 −6
2
=
−3
𝑀𝑖𝑑 𝑝𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑜𝑛 𝑉𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑠