MATHEMATICAL TOOLS, HOME WORK SHEET-5

Product of Vectors

1. The angles which iˆ  ˆj  2kˆ makes with x-axis, y-axis and z-axis respectively are :

(A) 60º, 60º and 45º (B) 60º, 45º and 45º (C) 45º, 45º and 45º (iv) 60º, 60º and 60º

2. The magnitude of scalar product of two vectors is 8 and that of vector product is 8 3 . The angle
between them is :
(A) 30º (B) 60º (C) 90º (iv) 150º
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3. A vectors A points vertically downwards and B points towards east, then the vector product A  B
is :
(A) Along west (B) Along east (C) Zero (D) None of above

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If a  2i  3 j  4k and b  4i  3 j  2k , find the angle between a and b .

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5. If A  i  j  k and B  2i  j find (a) A  B (b) A  B B
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6. If | A | 4,| B | 3 and   60º in the figure, find (a) A  B (b) | A  B |  A

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ANSWERS
HOME WORK SHEET-5

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1. (A) 2. (B) 3. (D) 4.  q  cos   
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5. [A 3, B iˆ  2 ˆj  kˆ ] 6. [A 6, B 6 3 ]