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    Vector Analysis Question Bank

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    The document discusses vector analysis problems involving coplanar and non-coplanar vectors, directional derivatives, vector products, curl and gradient operators, and line, surface and volume integrals. It contains 20 problems involving determining whether vectors are coplanar, finding loci of points, maxima of directional derivatives, angles between vectors, proving vector identities, and evaluating various vector integrals.

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    The document discusses vector analysis problems involving coplanar and non-coplanar vectors, directional derivatives, vector products, curl and gradient operators, and line, surface and volume integrals. It contains 20 problems involving determining whether vectors are coplanar, finding loci of points, maxima of directional derivatives, angles between vectors, proving vector identities, and evaluating various vector integrals.

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    The document discusses vector analysis problems involving coplanar and non-coplanar vectors, directional derivatives, vector products, curl and gradient operators, and line, surface and volume integrals. It contains 20 problems involving determining whether vectors are coplanar, finding loci of points, maxima of directional derivatives, angles between vectors, proving vector identities, and evaluating various vector integrals.

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    Vector Analysis Question Bank

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    Vector Analysis

    1. Examine whether the vectors (2, −5,1), (1,4,0), (−3,1, −1) are coplanar.
    2. If the volume of a tetrahedron be 2 units and three of its vertices be A(1,1,0), B(1,0,1) and
    C(2, −1,1), then find the locus of the fourth vertex.
    3. Find the maximum value of the directional derivative of 𝜑 = 𝑥 2 − 𝑦 2 + 𝑧 2 at the point
    (1,3,2). Find also the direction in which it occurs.
    1
    4. If 𝑎⃗, 𝑏⃗⃗, 𝑐⃗ are three unit vectors such that 𝑎⃗ × (𝑏⃗⃗ × 𝑐⃗) = 2 𝑏⃗⃗ , then find the angles that 𝑎⃗
    makes with 𝑏⃗⃗ and 𝑐⃗, 𝑏⃗⃗ and 𝑐⃗ being non-collinear.
    2
    5. Prove that [𝑎⃗ × 𝑏⃗⃗, 𝑏⃗⃗ × 𝑐⃗, 𝑐⃗ × 𝑎⃗] = [𝑎⃗, 𝑏⃗⃗, 𝑐⃗] .

    6. Prove that the vectors 𝑎⃗, 𝑏⃗⃗, 𝑐⃗ are non-coplanar if and only if the vectors 𝑎⃗ × 𝑏⃗⃗, 𝑏⃗⃗ × 𝑐⃗, 𝑐⃗ × 𝑎⃗
    are non-coplanar.
    𝑑𝑎⃗⃗ ⃗⃗
    𝑑𝑏 ⃗⃗)
    𝑑(𝑎⃗⃗×𝑏
    7. If = 𝑟⃗ × 𝑎
    ⃗⃗ and = 𝑟⃗ × 𝑏⃗, show that ⃗⃗ × 𝑏⃗).
    = 𝑟⃗ × (𝑎
    𝑑𝑡 𝑑𝑡 𝑑𝑡

    8. If the volume of a tetrahedron be 2 units and three of its vertices are A(1,1,0), B(1,0,1) and
    C(2,-1,1), then find the locus of the fourth vertex.

    9. Show that [𝑎⃗ + 𝑏⃗⃗, 𝑏⃗⃗ + 𝑐⃗, 𝑐⃗ + 𝑎⃗] = 2[𝑎⃗, 𝑏⃗⃗, 𝑐⃗].

    10. If (𝑎⃗ × 𝑏⃗⃗) × 𝑐⃗ = 𝑎⃗ × (𝑏⃗⃗ × 𝑐⃗), then prove that either 𝑏⃗⃗ is parallel to 𝑎⃗ × 𝑐⃗ or 𝑎⃗ and 𝑐⃗ are
    collinear.
    11. If 𝑟⃗ = (𝑎 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑡)𝑖 + (𝑎 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑡)𝑗 + (𝑎𝑡 𝑡𝑎𝑛𝛼)𝑘, 𝛼 is a constant angle, then show that
    𝑑𝑟⃗ 𝑑2 𝑟⃗ 𝑑3 𝑟⃗
    [ 𝑑𝑡 ] = 𝑎3 𝑡𝑎𝑛𝛼.
    𝑑𝑡 2 𝑑𝑡 3

    12. Show that the four points whose position vectors are 𝑎⃗, 𝑏⃗⃗, 𝑐⃗, 𝑑⃗, are coplanar if and only if

    [𝑎⃗, 𝑏⃗⃗, 𝑐⃗] = [𝑏⃗⃗, 𝑐⃗, 𝑑⃗ ] + [𝑐⃗, 𝑎⃗, 𝑑⃗] + [𝑎⃗, 𝑏⃗⃗ , 𝑑⃗].

    13. Show that the directional derivative of 𝑓 = 𝑥𝑦 2 𝑧 − 4𝑥𝑧 2 at the point (2,1, −1) in the
    16
    direction 2𝑖 − 2𝑗 + 𝑘 is 3 .

    14. Find the angle of intersection of the surfaces 𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 + 𝑧 2 = 9 and 𝑧 = 𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 − 3 at the


    point (2,-1,2).

    15. If the vectors 𝑎⃗ and 𝑏⃗⃗ be irrotational, then show that the vector 𝑎⃗ × 𝑏⃗⃗ is solenoidal.
    16. If 𝑟⃗ = 𝑥𝑖 + 𝑦𝑗 + 𝑧𝑘 and 𝑟 = |𝑟⃗|, then
    𝑟⃗ 𝑟⃗
    (i) 𝑐𝑢𝑟𝑙 (𝑟) = 0 ⃗⃗. ( 3 ) = 0
    (ii) ∇ 𝑟

    17. If the vector 𝑎⃗ = 2𝑥𝑦𝑖 + 3𝑥 2 𝑦𝑗 − 3𝑝𝑦𝑧𝑘 be solenoidal at (1,1,1), then find the value of 𝑝.
    𝜋
    18. Show that ∫0 5𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑡𝑖 − 7𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑗)𝑑𝑡 = 5𝑖 − 7𝑗.
    2

    2
    19. If 𝑎⃗ = 𝑡𝑖 − 𝑡 2 𝑗 + (𝑡 − 1)𝑘 and 𝑏⃗⃗ = 2𝑡 2 𝑖 + 6𝑡𝑘, find the values of ∫0 𝑎⃗ . 𝑏⃗⃗ 𝑑𝑡 and
    2
    ∫0 𝑎⃗ × 𝑏⃗⃗ 𝑑𝑡.
    2 𝑑2 𝑎⃗⃗
    20. If 𝑎⃗ = 5𝑡 2 𝑖 + 𝑡𝑗 − 𝑡 3 𝑘, then prove that ∫1 (𝑎⃗ × 𝑑𝑡 2 ) = −14𝑖 + 75𝑗 − 15𝑘.

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