Batangas State University

College of Engineering, Architecture and Fine Arts

Electronics, Instrumentation, and Mechatronics Engineering Department

Quiz 1 – Answer Key

Presented for the course
ECE 401 Electromagnetics

ENGR. RAYNELL ANDAL INOJOSA, MSEEE

raynell.inojosa@g.batstate-u.edu.ph

Vector Analysis | Dot Product | Cross Product | Coordinate Systems

Quiz 1
 No. 1. Given the vectors 𝐌 = −10𝒂𝑥 + 4𝒂𝑦 − 8𝒂𝑧 and 𝐍 = 8𝒂𝑥 + 7𝒂𝑦 − 𝟐𝒂𝑧 , find
the following:
a) the unit vector 𝒂𝟐𝐍−𝐌
b) 𝟓𝒂𝒙 + 𝐍 – 𝟑𝐌
c) 𝐌 𝟐𝐍 (M+N)

Problem 1 ▪ Solution for (a)

𝟐𝐍 − 𝐌 = 2(8𝒂𝑥 + 7𝒂𝑦 − 𝟐𝒂𝑧 ) − −10𝒂𝑥 + 4𝒂𝑦 − 8𝒂𝑧
𝟐𝐍 − 𝐌 = 16𝒂𝑥 + 14𝒂𝑦 − 4𝒂𝑧 + 10𝒂𝑥 − 4𝒂𝑦 + 8𝒂𝑧
𝟐𝐍 − 𝐌 = 26𝒂𝑥 + 10𝒂𝑦 + 𝟒𝒂𝑧
26𝒂𝑥 +10𝒂𝑦 +𝟒𝒂𝑧 26𝒂𝑥 +10𝒂𝑦 +𝟒𝒂𝑧
𝒂𝟐𝐍−𝐌 = = = 0.92𝒂𝑥 + 0.36𝒂𝑦 + 0.14𝒂𝑧
(𝟐𝟔)𝟐 + 𝟏𝟎 𝟐 +(𝟒)𝟐 𝟕𝟗𝟐

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 Ex. 4. Given the vectors 𝐌 = −10𝒂𝑥 + 4𝒂𝑦 − 8𝒂𝑧 and 𝐍 = 8𝒂𝑥 + 7𝒂𝑦 − 𝟐𝒂𝑧 , find
the following:
a) unit vector in the direction of −𝐌 + 𝟐𝐍
b) magnitude of 𝟓𝒂𝒙 + 𝐍 – 𝟑𝐌
c) 𝐌 𝟐𝐍 (M+N)

Problem 1 ▪ Solution for (b)

𝟓𝒂𝒙 + 𝐍 – 𝟑𝐌
= 𝟓𝒂𝒙 + (8𝒂𝑥 + 7𝒂𝑦 − 𝟐𝒂𝑧 ) − 3 −10𝒂𝑥 + 4𝒂𝑦 − 8𝒂𝑧
𝟓𝒂𝒙 + 𝐍 – 𝟑𝐌 = 5 + 8 + 30 𝒂𝑥 + (7 − 12)𝒂𝑦 + (−2 + 24)𝒂𝑧
𝟓𝒂𝒙 + 𝐍 – 𝟑𝐌 = 43𝒂𝑥 − 5𝒂𝑦 + 22𝒂𝑧

𝟓𝒂𝒙 + 𝐍 – 𝟑𝐌 = (𝟒𝟑)𝟐 + −𝟓 𝟐+ (𝟐𝟐)𝟐 = 48.6

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 Ex. 4. Given the vectors 𝐌 = −10𝒂𝑥 + 4𝒂𝑦 − 8𝒂𝑧 and 𝐍 = 8𝒂𝑥 + 7𝒂𝑦 − 𝟐𝒂𝑧 , find
the following:
a) unit vector in the direction of −𝐌 + 𝟐𝐍
b) magnitude of 𝟓𝒂𝒙 + 𝐍 – 𝟑𝐌
c) 𝐌 𝟐𝐍 (M+N)

Problem 1 ▪ Solution for (c)

𝐌 = (−𝟏𝟎)𝟐 + 𝟒 𝟐+ (−𝟖)𝟐 = 13.42
𝟐𝐍 = 𝟐 (𝟖)𝟐 + 𝟕 𝟐+ (−𝟐)𝟐 = 21.63
(𝐌 + 𝐍) = −10𝒂𝑥 + 4𝒂𝑦 − 8𝒂𝑧 + (8𝒂𝑥 + 7𝒂𝑦 − 𝟐𝒂𝑧 )
(𝐌 + 𝐍) = −2𝒂𝑥 + 11𝒂𝑦 − 10𝒂𝑧
𝐌 𝟐𝐍 (M+N) = (13.42)(21.63)(−2𝒂𝑥 + 11𝒂𝑦 − 10𝒂𝑧 )
𝐌 𝟐𝐍 (M+N) = −580.549𝒂𝑥 + 3192.021𝒂𝑦 − 2902.746𝒂𝑧 )

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 No. 2. Given a vector field 𝐺 = 𝑦𝑎𝑥 − 2.5𝑥𝒂𝑦 + 𝟑𝒂𝑧 and the
point 𝑄 (4,5,2), find 𝐆 at 𝑄 and the scalar component of 𝐆 at 𝑄
1
in the direction of 𝐚𝐍 = (2𝒂𝑥 + 𝒂𝑦 − 𝟐𝒂𝑧 ); the vector
3
component of 𝐆 at 𝑄 in the direction of 𝐚𝑁 .

Problem 2

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 No. 3. A triangle is defined by three points 𝐀(𝟔, −𝟏, 𝟐), 𝐁(−𝟐, 𝟑, −𝟒),
and 𝐂(−𝟑, 𝟏, 𝟓), find the following:
a) 𝐑 𝑨𝑪 x 𝐑 𝑨𝑩
b) The area of the parallelogram
c) a unit vector perpendicular to the plane in which the parallelogram is located.

Problem 3 ▪ Solution for (a)

𝐑 𝐀𝐂 = 𝑹𝒄 − 𝑹𝑨 = −3 − 𝟔 𝒂𝑥 + 1 − (−𝟏) 𝒂𝑦 + 5 − 2 𝒂𝑧 = −9𝒂𝑥 + 2𝒂𝑦 + 𝟑𝒂𝑧

𝐑 𝐀𝐁 = 𝑹𝑩 − 𝑹𝑨 = −2 − 6 𝒂𝑥 + 3 − (−1) 𝒂𝑦 + −4 − 2 𝒂𝑧 = −8𝒂𝑥 + 4𝒂𝑦 − 𝟔𝒂𝑧

𝒂𝑥 𝒂𝑦 𝒂𝒛
𝐑 𝑨𝑪 x 𝐑 𝑨𝑩 = −𝟗 𝟐 𝟑 = −12 − 12 𝒂𝑥 − 54 − −24 𝒂𝑦 + (−36 − (−16))𝒂𝑧
−𝟖 𝟒 −𝟔
= −24𝒂𝑥 − 78𝒂𝑦 − 𝟐𝟎𝒂𝑧

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 ▪ Solution for (b)
𝐀𝐫𝐞𝐚𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒎 = 𝐑 𝑨𝑪 x 𝐑 𝑨𝑩
= −24 2 + −78 2 + (−20)2
= 7060
Problem 3 = 𝟖𝟒. 𝟎𝟐 𝒔𝒒. 𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒔

▪ Solution for (c)

𝐑 x𝐑
𝑼⊥ = 𝑨𝑪 𝑨𝑩
𝐑 𝑨𝑪 x 𝐑 𝑨𝑩
−24𝒂𝑥 −78𝒂𝑦 −𝟐𝟎𝒂𝑧
=
−24 2 + −78 2 +(−20)2
= −0.286𝒂𝑥 − 0.928𝒂𝑦 − 0.238𝒂𝑧

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 a) Give the cartesian coordinates of the point 𝑪(𝜌 = 4.4, 𝜙 =
−115°, z = 2).
b) Give the cylindrical coordinates of the point 𝑫(𝑥 = −3.1, y =
2.6, z = −3).
c) Specify the distance from 𝑫 to 𝑪.

Problem 4
▪ Solution for (a)

𝒙 = 𝝆 cos(−115) = −𝟏. 𝟖60

𝒚 = 𝝆 𝑠𝑖𝑛(−115) = −𝟑. 𝟗𝟖𝟖
𝒛=𝟐
𝑪 = −1.860𝒂𝑥 − 3.988𝒂𝑦 + 2𝒂𝑧

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 ▪ Solution for (b)
𝝆= 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = (−𝟑. 𝟏)𝟐 +(𝟐. 𝟔)𝟐 = 𝟒. 𝟎𝟒𝟔
−𝟏 𝟐.𝟔
𝜭= tan ( ) = 𝟏𝟖𝟎 − 𝟑𝟗. 𝟗𝟖 = 𝟏𝟒𝟎. 𝟎𝟐°
−𝟑.𝟏

Problem 4 𝒛 = −3
𝐑 𝐃𝐂 = 𝑹𝑪 − 𝑹𝑫
= −1.86𝒂𝑥 − 3.99𝒂𝑦 + 2𝒂𝑧 − −3.1𝒂𝑥 + 2.6𝒂𝑦 − 𝟑𝒂𝑧
= 1.24𝒂𝑥 − 6.58𝒂𝑦 + 5𝒂𝑧 )
𝐑 𝐂𝐃 = 1.24 2 + −6.58 2 + (5)2
= 𝟖. 𝟑𝟔 𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒔

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