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THE UNIVERSITY OF DODOMA

COLLEGE OF EARTH SCIENCE

MN111 – ENGINEERING MATHEMATICS I

REVIEW QUESTIONS

1. Find the distance between the points:


(a) ( 1 , 4 , 2 ) and ( 2 , 1, 5 ) .
(b) (−3 , 2 ,1 ) and ( 4 , 0 ,−2 ) .

2. Find the norm of the following vectors:

(a)( 1 , 3 ,−2 ) (b)( 2 , 1,−5 ) (c) ( −12 , 12 , √22 )


3. Find ‖u+ v‖ if
(a) u=( 1, 2 , 0 ) and v=( 2 ,3 , 5 ) .
(b) u=( 3 ,−2 , 1 ) and v=(−4 , 3 ,2 ) .

4. What is the vector component of (−4 , 5 ,0 ) along

( 1 1
(a)( 1 , 0 ,0 ) (b) , , 0
2 2 )
5. If the vector component of u along v is 6 v then
(a) What is the vector component of u along 2 u?
(b) What is the vector component of u along −u?

6. Show that for any angle α and β the vector ¿is a unit vector.

π
7. If vectoru has the length 3, v has the length 4 and the angle between u and v is , then find
4
u . v.

8. Find u . v if u=⃗
PQ and v=⃗
PR where P=(1 , 0 ,2), Q=(1 ,1 ,−1) and R=(2 , 3 ,5).

9. Determine whether or not the following vectors are orthogonal:


(a) ( 1 , 2, 3 ) and ( 1 ,1 ,−1 ).
(b) ( 2 ,−4 , 6 ) and ( 1 , 2, 3 ) .

10. Find the cosine of the angle between ⃗


AB and ⃗
CD if A=(1 , 2 ,−5), B=(1 ,0 , 1),
C=( 0 , 1 ,3 )∧D=(2 ,1 , 4 ).
11. Find the distance from the given point to the given plane:
(a) The point ( 1 , 2, 3 ) to the plane x +2 y−3 z+5=0 .
(b) The point ( 2 , 2,−1 ) to the plane that passes through ( 1 , 4 , 3 ) and has a normal( 2 ,−7 ,2 ) .

1 1 1
12. Give the parametric equations for the line through ( , , ) and with direction numbers 2, -5
2 3 2
and 8 in
(a) Scalar form.
(b) Vector form.

13. Where does the line through ( 1 , 2, 4 ) and ( 2 , 1,−1 )meet the plane x +2 y+5 z=0?

14. Find the area of parallelogram three of whose vertices are ( 1 , 2,−1 ), ( 2 , 1, 4 ) and ( 3 , 5 ,2 ).

15. Find the area of triangle with vertices ( 1 ,1 , 1 ), ( 2 , 0 ,1 ) and ( 3 ,−1 , 4 ).

16. Find a vector perpendicular to the plane determined by the points ( 1 , 2, 1 ), ( 2 , 1,−3 ) and
( 0 , 1 ,5 ).

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