Tutorial 1 Vector Calculus FDM1033, May 2014

1. Find the magnitude o the !ector PQ "ith ) 2 , 1 ( P and ) 5 , 5 ( Q .

2. Find the length o the !ector 7 , 3 , 2 = v
r
.
3. #i!en the $oints in 3%dimensional s$ace, ) 2 , 3 , 1 ( ), 7 , 5 , 3 ( ), 5 , 1 , 2 ( R Q P and ) 0 , 1 , 2 ( S . Does
RS PQ = &
4. Find a !ector o magnitude ' in the direction o k j i v

2

3 + =
r
.
'. #i!en k j i u

6

3 =
r
and k i v

12

+ =
r
, ind
(a) v u
r r
,
(*) the angle *et"een !ectors u
r
and v
r
,
(c) the !ector v proj
u
r
r
,
(d) the scalar com$onent o v
r
in the direction o u
r
.
+. #i!en ) 1 , 0 , 2 ( ), 3 , 1 , 1 ( Q P and ) 1 , 2 , 0 ( R , ind
(a) the area o the triangle determined *y the $oints ,, - and ..
(*) the unit !ector $er$endicular to the $lane ,-..
/. Find the !olume o the $arallele$i$ed determined *y the !ectors 3 , 2 , 2 , 0 , 1 , 4 = = v u
r r
and
5 , 2 , 0 = w
r
.
0. Find the area o the $arallelogram "hose !ertices are gi!en *y the $oints 1 (0, 0, 0), 2 (3, 2, 4),
C (', 1, 4) and D (2, %1, 0).
3. Find the e4uation o the line through (2, 1, 0) and $er$endicular to *oth j i

+ and k j

+ .
10. Find the $arametric e4uation o the line through the $oint (1, 0, +) and $er$endicular to
the $lane x+3y+z=5.
11. Determine "hether the gi!en lines are s5e", $arallel or intersecting. 6 the lines are intersecting,
"hat is the angle *et"een them&

3
3
1
6
1
2
: 2
1
2
2
3
2
1
: 1
+
=

z y x
L
z y x
L

12. A tow truck drags a stalled car along a road. The chain makes an angle of 30
o
with the
road and the tension in the chain is 1500 Newton. How much work is done by the truck
in pulling the car 1 kilometer?
13. A bicycle pedal is pushed by a foot with a 60N force as shown. The shaft of the pedal is
18 cm long. Find the magnitude of the torque about P.
F = 60N

70
o
10
o

P

14. Find an equation of the plane containing the point (0, -2, -1) and parallel to the plane
3 4 2 = + y x .
1'. Find an equation of the plane that passes through ) 3 , 2 , 1 ( and contains the line
t z t y t x = + = = 2 , 1 , 3 .
1+. Find the equation of the plane through the point ) 1 , 4 , 2 ( A and orthogonal to vectors
2 , 1 , 0 = v
r
and 1 , 1 , 1 = w
r
.
1/. Use the scalar triple product to determine whether the points P(1,0,1), Q(2,4,6), R(3,-1,2)
and S(6,2,8) lie in the same plane.