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    This document contains a tutorial on vectors and vector operations in 3 dimensions. It includes 21 practice problems covering topics such as: sketching points in 3D coordinate systems, finding vector operations like addition and scalar multiplication, calculating the dot and cross products of vectors, determining whether vectors are orthogonal or parallel, and using vectors to represent planes, parallelepipeds and volumes. The problems are drawn from concepts in technical mathematics relating to 3-dimensional vectors.

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    Faculty of Engineering Technology

    Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM)


    Industrial Campus, Ayer Keroh, 75450 MELAKA


















    BTKU 1013 Technical Mathematics



    TUTORIAL EXERCISES
    CHAPTER 5
    VECTORS








    Faculty of Engineering Technology
    (FTK)
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    Chapter 5 THREE-DIMENSIONAL VECTOR OPERATIONS

    Reference:
    Stewart, J. (2003), Calculus (5
    th
    ed.). Brooks/Cole, Cengage Learning

    THREE DIMENSIONAL COORDINATE SYSTEMS

    1. Sketch the points (), ( ), (), and ( ) on a single set of
    coordinate axes.

    2. Interpret the graph of in the contexts of
    (a) a number line
    (b) 2-space
    (c) 3-space.

    3. Which of the points (), ( ), and () is closest to the xz-
    plane? Which point lies in the yz-plane?

    4. Let T be the graph of

    in 3-space. Find the


    (a) intersection of T with the xz-plane is a circle with center _______and
    radius _______
    (b) intersection of T with the xy-plane is two lines with _______and
    _______
    (c) intersection of T with the yz-plane is two lines with _______and
    _______

    5. Sketch the graph of the equation in 3 space below:
    (a)


    (b)




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    JTKE/JTKEK/JTKM/JTKP 2/2
    VECTORS

    6. Given that u = , v = , w = i + 2j 3k, and z = 2i j + 5k, find
    the following operations:

    (a) 5z (d) 3u 4v
    (b) u + 3v (e) ||
    (c) 2w + 3z (f) | |

    7. Find a unit vector that has the same direction as 8i j + 4k

    8. Find a vector that has the same direction as but has length 6.

    9. Let u = i 3j + 2k v = i + j, and w = 2i + 2j 4k, find
    the norm of

    (a) v u
    (b) v u
    (c) v 2u - 2
    (d) w 5v - 3u
    (e) w
    w
    1

    (f) w
    w
    1


    10. (a) Given that 3 v , find all the values of k such that 5 kv
    (b) Given that k 3 and 6 kv , find v .

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    JTKE/JTKEK/JTKM/JTKP 3/2
    THE DOT PRODUCT

    11. Find b a
    (a) 1 , 4 a , 6 , 3 b

    (b)
    2 , 0 , 5 a , 10 , 1 , 3 b

    (c)
    a = 4j 3k , b = 2i + 4j + 6k

    (d)
    a = i 2j + 3k , b = 5i + 9k
    (e) 12 a , 15 b , the angle between a and b is
    6

    .


    12. Find the angle between the vectors. (First find an exact expression and then
    approximate to the nearest degree.)

    (a)
    1 , 3 a , 5 , 0 b

    (b)
    2 , 3 , 6 a , 2 , 1 , 2 b

    (c)
    a = 2i j + k , b = 3i + 2j k


    13. Determine whether the given vectors are orthogonal, parallel, or neither.
    (a)
    7 , 3 , 5 a , 2 , 8 , 6 b

    (b)
    6 , 4 a , 2 , 3 b

    (c)
    a = i + 2j + 5k , b = 3i + 4j k
    (d) a = 2i + 6j 4k , b = 3i 9j + 6k


    14. Use vectors to decide whether the triangle with vertices
    2 , 3 , 1 P
    ,

    4 , 0 , 2 Q
    and
    5 , 2 , 6 R
    is right-angled.

    15. For what values of b are the vectors
    2 , , 6 b
    and
    b b b , ,
    2
    orthogonal?

    16. Find the direction cosines and direction angles of the vector. (Give the direction
    angles correct to the nearest degree)
    (a)
    5 , 4 , 3


    (b)
    1 , 2 , 1


    (c) 2i + 3j 6k





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    THE CROSS PRODUCT

    17. Find the cross product and verify that it is orthogonal to both a and b.
    (a)
    0 , 2 , 1 a
    ,
    1 , 3 , 0 b

    (b)
    4 , 1 , 5 a
    ,
    2 , 0 , 1 b

    (c) a = 2i + j k , b = j + 2k
    (d) a = 3i + 2j + 4k , b = i 2j 3k

    18. If 1 , 2 , 1 u and 3 , 1 , 0 v , find u v and v u.

    19. Find the area of the parallelogram with vertices 3 , 2 , 1 K , 6 , 3 , 1 L , 6 , 8 , 3 M ,
    and 3 , 7 , 3 N .

    20. (a) Find a vector orthogonal to the plane through the points P, Q , and R.
    (b) Find the area of triangle PQR.

    (i) 0 , 0 , 1 P , 0 , 2 , 0 Q , and 3 , 0 , 0 R .

    (ii) 5 , 1 , 2 P , 4 , 3 , 1 Q , and 6 , 0 , 3 R .

    (iii) 3 , 0 , 2 P , 0 , 1 , 3 Q , and 2 , 2 , 5 R .

    21. Find the volume of the parallelepiped determined by the vectors a, b, and c.
    (a) 1 , 3 , 6 a

    ,

    2 , 1 , 0 b , 5 , 2 , 4 c


    (b) a = i + j k , b = i j + k , c = i + j + k


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