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    This tutorial sheet contains problems related to vectors and kinematics using Cartesian coordinates. It includes problems finding perpendicular vectors, the angle between vectors, unit vectors perpendicular to given vectors, the dot product of a cross product, conditions for perpendicular vectors, and kinematic problems calculating position, velocity, and acceleration vectors over time for particles with given acceleration relationships. It also includes a problem analyzing the motion of a rocket expelling exhaust to accelerate.

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    This tutorial sheet contains problems related to vectors and kinematics using Cartesian coordinates. It includes problems finding perpendicular vectors, the angle between vectors, unit vectors perpendicular to given vectors, the dot product of a cross product, conditions for perpendicular vectors, and kinematic problems calculating position, velocity, and acceleration vectors over time for particles with given acceleration relationships. It also includes a problem analyzing the motion of a rocket expelling exhaust to accelerate.

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    This tutorial sheet contains problems related to vectors and kinematics using Cartesian coordinates. It includes problems finding perpendicular vectors, the angle between vectors, unit vectors perpendicular to given vectors, the dot product of a cross product, conditions for perpendicular vectors, and kinematic problems calculating position, velocity, and acceleration vectors over time for particles with given acceleration relationships. It also includes a problem analyzing the motion of a rocket expelling exhaust to accelerate.

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    PH111: Tutorial Sheet 1

    This tutorial sheet contains some problems related to vectors and kinematics, employing
    Cartesian coordinate system.

    1. Consider two vectors A = 2î − ĵ + 3k̂ and B = î + ĵ − 2k̂. Find a third vector C (say),
    which is perpendicular to both A and B.

    2. Again, consider the vectors A and B of the previous problem. Find the angle between
    them.

    3. Find a unit vector, which lies in the xy plane, and which is perpendicular to A of
    previous problems. Similarly, nd a unit vector which is perpendicular to B, and lies
    in the xz plane.

    4. Calculate A·(B × A), for the vectors of the previous problem. Does the result obtained
    hold only for the given A and B vectors, or will it hold for any general vectors A and
    B.

    5. Consider two distinct general vectors A and B. Show that |A + B| = |A − B| implies


    that A and B are perpendicular.

    6. Position of a particle in the xy plane is given by


     
    r(t) = A eαt î + e−αt ĵ ,

    where α and A are constants. Calculate the velocity and acceleration of the particle,
    as functions of time t. Plot the vectors corresponding to r(0) and v(0).

    7. Acceleration of a particle in the xy plane is given by a(t) = −ω 2 r(t), where r(t)


    denotes its position, and ω is a constant. If r(0) = aĵ, and v(0) = aω î (v is the veloc-
    ity), integrate the equation of motion to obtain the expression for r(t), in Cartesian
    coordinates.

    8. Rate of change of acceleration of a particle is called jerk (j(t)) in physics. If the jerk
    of a particle is given by
    j(t) = aî + btĵ + ct2 k̂,
    where a, b , and c are constants. Assuming that at time t = 0, particle was located
    at the origin, and its velocity and acceleration were zero, obtain its position r(t), as a
    function of time, in Cartesian coordinates.

    9. A rocket of mass M accelerates in free space by expelling hot gas in the backward
    direction. The speed of the exhaust gas depends on the energy released in the com-
    bustion process and can be taken to be a constant, say |u| w.r.t to the rocket. Assume
    that in time ∆t the rocket loses an amount of mass ∆m = − dMdt
    ∆t, where dMdt
    denotes
    the rate of change of the mass of the rocket. Answer the following questions.

    1
    (a) If the instantaneous velocity of the rocket is v, in an inertial frame, what is the
    velocity of the exhaust in that frame? Write down the total momentum of the
    system as seen from that inertial frame at t and t + ∆t.
    (b) From this obtain a dierential equation connecting the changes in mass and ve-
    locity.

    (c) Show that the nal velocity increases only as the logarithm of the amount of fuel.
    (d) What is the signicance of such a dependence ?

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