Math 2050 Assignment 1, Due Sep 25

1
[4] = 2 , find A.
1. If B = (1, 4, 3) and AB
5
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1 2
[6] 2. Given u = and v = , find u v and illustrate the substraction with a picture.
2 1

1 0 2 5
[6] 3. Let u1 = 0 , and u2 = 0 , u3 = 0 , u4 = 10
1 0 2 3
Are u1 and u2 parallel? u1 and u3 ? u1 and u4 ?

[6] 4. Express each of the following as a single vector.

2 1 0 1 3
(a) 3 1 2 0 4 1 (b) a 0 + b 2
3 5 2 1 1
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9 1 5
[4] 5. Express as a linear combination of and .
9 1 2

[6] 6. In each of the following cases, either express p as a linear combination of u, v , w

or explain
why there is no such linear combination.

5 1 0 0

(a) p = 6 , u = 0 , v = 1 , w
= 0
8 0 0 1

1 3 0 3
1 7 2 1
(b) p = = .
3 , u = 0 , v = 0 , w 0
5 4 9 5

1 1 1
1 1 1
[6] 7. Find the existence of a and b so that a
1 + b 2
=
5

2 3 8

[6] 8. Use vectors to show that the mid-point of line joining A(x1 , y1 , z1 ) to B(x2 , y2 , z2 ) is the point
2 y1 +y2 z1 +z2
C( x1 +x
2 , 2 , 2 ).

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