Calculus Workbook

Table of Contents

Vectors .......................................................................................................................................2
Introduction to 2D and 3D Vectors ........................................................................................2
Vector Arithmetic...................................................................................................................2
Vectors Dot Product ...............................................................................................................3
Vectors Cross Product ............................................................................................................4

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Vectors

Introduction to 2D and 3D Vectors

Questions:
1) Find each of the following 2D/3D vectors, its magnitude, and whether it’s a unit vector:
a. The displacement vector from ( −8,3) to ( 5, −2 ) .
b. The displacement vector from ( 2, 3, 4 ) to ( 2, 4, 4 ) .
1 3
c. The position vector for  ,  .
2 2 
d. The position vector for ( −8,3,5) .
e. The vector v = 7, −3, 0 starts at point P ( −3, 4, −1) .
At what point does it end?

Vector Arithmetic
Questions:
2) Given the 2D vectors a = 7, 4 and b = −2, 5 , compute the following:
a. 5a
b. 6b − 3a
c. 9a + 4b

3) Given the 3D vectors u = 7i − 2 j + 4k and v = 6 j − 2k , compute the following:

a. −4v
b. 10u + v
c. −8u − 3v

4) Answer the following questions:

a. Find a unit vector that points in the same direction as v = i − 4 j + 8k .
b. Find a vector that points in the same direction as w = −2,5 with a magnitude of 10.

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5) Determine if the following pairs of vectors are parallel.

a. v = 6i − 4 j − 16k and w = 15i − 10 j − 40k .
b. a = 3, −2,5 and b = 6, −4, 7 .

Vectors Dot Product

6) In each of the following, find the dot product a  b :
a. a = 5, −4 and b = 4, 3 .
b. a = 8i + 6 j − 3k and b = 6i − 4 j + 7k .
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c. a = 4 , b = 3 , and the angle between the two vectors is .
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7) In each of the following, find the angle between the two vectors:
a. a = 3, 5 , b = 7, 6 .
b. v = i − 2 j + 3k , w = 5i + 6 j − 7k .

8) In each of the following, determine if the two vectors are parallel, orthogonal or neither:
a. p = 1, −2,3 , q = 5, −8, −7 .

b. a = 3, 5 , b = 7, 6 .

c. v = i − 2 j + 3k , w = −5i + 10 j − 15k .

9) Compute proju v [projection of v onto u ] for the following pairs of 2D/3D vectors:
a. u = 4, −1 , v = 1, 7 .
b. u = 7i − j + k , v = −2i + 5 j − 6k .

10) Find the direction cosines and direction angles for v = i − 2 j + 3k .

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Vectors Cross Product

Questions:
11) Answer the following questions:
a. Given a = 3, −2,5 and b = 6, −4, 7 .
Compute a  b and use the result to find b  a .
b. Given u = 3i − j + 5k and v = 4 j − 2k .
Compute u  v and use the result to find v  u .

12) Find a vector that is orthogonal to the plane containing the points P (1, 2,3) , Q ( 6,5, 4 )
and R ( 7,8,9) .

13) For each of the following sets of 3 vectors, determine if they lie in the same plane or not:
a. a = 3, −2,5 , b = 6, −4, 7 , c = 1, 0,1 .
b. u = i + 4 j − 7k , v = 2i − j + 4k , w = −9 j + 18k .

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Answer Key:
1 3
1) a. 13, −5 b. 0,1, 0 c. , d. −8,3,5 ; ( 4,1, −1)
2 2
2) a. 35, 20 b. −33,18 c. 6161

3) a. −24 j + 8k b. 70i − 14 j + 38k c. 3816

1 4 8 −20 50
4) a. v− j+ k b. ,
9 9 9 29 29
5) a. Parallel b. Not parallel
6) a. 8 b. 3 c. 6
7) a. 18.435 b. 44.479
8) a. orthogonal b. neither c. parallel
−12 3 −161 23 −23
9) a. , b. , ,
17 17 51 51 51
10) 14
11) Part 1: 6,9,0 Part 2: 18i − 6 j + 12k
12) 12, −24,12
13) a. Not in the same plane b. In the same plane.

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