MAT 263 Quiz 1 June 4, 2014

Due in class Monday, June 9.

1. Given 3, 6 u =< >

and 2,1 v =< >

find
1
2
3
u v

.

2. Find a unit vector that is parallel to the vector from (5,1, 3) to (2,1,1) .

3. Write the equation of the sphere whose diameter has endpoints at ( 1,1, 3) and (3, 1, 2)

4. Given 5, 2,1 u =< >

and 4,1, 0 v =< >

find 3u v +

.

5. Given 2, 1, 5 u =< >

, 0, 4, 2 v =< >

and 3,1, 2 w =< >

, find (2 ) u v w +

.

6. Determine if 3,1, 4 u =< >

and 1, 4, 3 v =< >

are parallel, orthogonal or neither.

7. Find the angle between the vectors 7, 0, 2 u =< >

and 3, 6,1 v =< >

.

8. Given 2,1, 5 u =< >

and 3, 1, 0 v =< >

find a unit vector that is orthogonal to both

original vectors.

9. Find the area of the parallelogram with the following four points as its vertices.

(1, 3, 2) ( ) 1, 5, 6 ( ) 2, 2, 7 ( ) 4, 6, 3

10. Given 3,1, 5 u =< >

, 1, 3, 5 v =< >

and 2, 2, 4 w =< >

find the volume of the 3D solid

that is spanned by the three vectors.

11. Write the parametric equations of the line through (1, 2, 0) that is perpendicular to
3 5 2 15 x y z + = .

12. Write the parametric equations of the line containing the points (2, 5, 7) and (1, 4, 0) .


13. Write the equation of the plane containing the point (2,1, 5) that is perpendicular to
1 7
3 2
x y
z
+ +
= =

.

14. Write the equation of the plane containing the points (0, 0, 0) , (2, 5, 3) and ( 1, 6, 2) .


15. Write the equation of the plane containing the lines
3 5
1
3
x t
y t
z t
= +
= +
=
and
4 5
3
2 3
x t
y t
z t
= +
= +
= +
.