Tutorial 1 EQT203, Sept 2018

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1. Let A = (0, 4, 3). Find |OP |.
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2. Let A = (2, 1, −3). Find |OP |.

3. Given p=5i+j-3k and q=4i-3j+2k. Find:

(a) p + q
(b) p − q
(c) |p|
(d) 2q-10p
(e) q · p
(f) p × q
(g) |p × q|

4. Given i=(1, 0, 0), j=(0, 1, 0) and k=(0, 0, 1). Show that:

(a) i × j = k
(b) j × k = i
(c) k × i = j
(d) j × i = −k
(e) k × j = −i
(f) i × k = −j

5. Find the angle between the vectors u=4i-5j-k and v=i+2j+3k.

6. Vectors u = 4i − 5j − k and v=i+aj+3k are given. Find a if u and v are

perpendicular.

7. If u=3i+6j+k and v=4i+5j-2k. Find:

(a) u × v
(b) |v × u|

8. Given a=2i+3j-k and b=i+2j+k, determine a · b and a × b. Find the angle

between a and b.
 9. In each of Problem (a) through (e), compute F + G, F − G, |F |, |G|, 2F and 3G
√
(a) F = 2i − 3j + 5k, G = 2i + 6j − 5k.
(b) F = i − 3k, G = 4j
(c) F = 2i − 5j, G = i + 5j − k
√
(d) F = 2i + j − 3k, G = 8i + 2k
(e) F = i + j + k, G = 2i − 2j + 2k

Solution:
√ √ √ √ √
(a) (2+ 2)i+3j; (2− 2)i−3j)+10k; 38; 63; 4i−6j+10k; 2 2i+18j−15k
√ √
(c) 3i − k; i − 10j + k; 29; 3 3; 4i − 10j; 3i + 15j − 3k
√ √
(e) 3i − j + 3k; −i + 3j − k; 3; 2 3; 2i + 2j + 2k; 6i − 6j + 6k

10. In each of Problem (a) through (f), compute the dot product of the vectors and
the cosine of the angle between them. Also determine if they are orthogonal.

(a) i, 2i − 3j + k
(b) 2i − 6j + k, i − j
(c) −4i − 2j + 3k, 6i − 2j − k
(d) 8i − 3j + 2k, −8i − 3j + k
(e) i − 3k, 2j + 6k
(f) i + j + 2k, i − j + 2k

Solution:
√
(a) F.G = 2; cos(θ) = 2/ 14; not orthogonal
√ √
(c) F.G = −23; cos(θ) = −23/ 29 41; not orthogonal

(e) F.G = −18; cos(θ) = −9/10; not orthogonal

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11. In each of Problem (a) through (f), compute F × G and, independently , G × F ,
verifying that one is the negative of the other. Use the dot product to compute
the cosine of the angle θ between F and G and use this to determine sin θ. Then
calculate |F ||G| sin θ and verify that this gives kF × Gk.

(a) F = −3i + 6j + k, G = −i − 2j + k.
(b) F = 6i − k, G = j + 2k.
(c) F = 2i − 3j + 4k, G = −3i + 2j.
(d) F = 8i + 6j, G = 14j.
(e) F = 5i + 3j + 4k, G = 20i + 6k.
(f) F = 2k, G = 8i − j.

Solution:
√ √ √ √
(a) 8i + 2j + 12k; −4/ 69; 53/ 69; 2 53
√ √ √ √ √ √
(c) −8i − 12j − 5k; −12/ 29 13; 233/ 29 13; 233
√ √ √ √ √ √
(e) 18i + 50j − 60k; 62/5 2 109; 1606/5 2 109; 2 1606

12. Let A=2i-j+3k , B=2i-2j-3k and C= 3i+ 2j- 4k. Find

(a) |A|.
(b) |A + B|.
(c) 3|A| + 2|B| + 4|C|




13. Given u= 1, 1, 1 ,v= − 1, 2, 3 and w= 0, 3, 4 . Find

(a) u+v.
(b) 2u-v.
(c) u+v-w

14. Given u=2i-3j+k ,v=i+5j-2k and w= 3i-4j+3k.

(a) Find the magnitude of the vector z=u-2v+3w

(b) What are the direction cosines of z.

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15. Determine α such that the vectors 3i + j and αj − k has the same magnitude.

16. If the position vectors of the points P and Q are i+3j-7k and 5i-2j+4k respec-
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tively, find P Q and determine its length and direction cosines.




17. Given the vectors u= 1, −1, 2 ,v= − 2, 0, 2 and w= 3, 2, 1 .Evaluate

(a) u · v
(b) v · w
(c) (u + v) · w
(d) u · (2v + 3w)

18. Find the angle between the vectors P =-2i+3j-k and Q =.

19. Let A=i-3j+5k, B=2i+j-2k and C=3i-j+2k. Find

(a) A × B
(b) A × (B − C)
(c) A × (B + C)
(d) (A × B) × C
(e) A · (B × C)

20. If F = x2 i + (3x + 2)j + sinxk, find

dF
(a) dx
d2 F
(b) dx2
(c) | dF
dx
|
d
(d) dx
(F.F)
d
(e) dx
(F × F)

21. If A = x2 yi + (xy + yz)j + xz 2 k and φ = 3x2 y + xyz − 4y 2 z 2 − 3,find

(a) ∇φ
(b) ∇ · A
(c) ∇ × A
(d) grad div A

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(e) curl curl A
(f) div grad φ
(g) curl grad φ

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