Calculus II – Practice Problems 59

Section 5-2 : Vector Arithmetic

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1. Given a = 8,5 and b = −3, 6 compute each of the following.
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(a) 6a
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(b) 7b − 2a
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(c) 10a + 3b

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2. Given u = 8i − j + 3k and =
v 7 j − 4k compute each of the following.
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(a) −3v
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(b) 12u + v
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(c) −9v − 2u

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3. Find a unit vector that points in the same direction as q =i + 3 j + 9k .

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4. Find a vector that points in the same direction as c = −1, 4 with a magnitude of 10.

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a
5. Determine if = 3, −5,1 and =
b 6, −2, 2 are parallel vectors.

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6. Determine if v = 9i − 6 j − 24k and w = −15,10, 40 are parallel vectors.
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7. Prove the property : v + w = w + v .

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Section 5-3 : Dot Product

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For problems 1 – 3 determine the dot product, a b .

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=
1. a 9,5, −4, 2 , b = −3, −2, 7, −1

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=
2. a 0, 4, −2 , b = 2i − j + 7k

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3. a = 5 , b = and the angle between the two vectors is θ = .
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For problems 4 & 5 determine the angle between the two vectors.

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4. v = 1, 2,3, 4 , w = 0, −1, 4, −2

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5. a =i + 3 j − 2k , b =−9,1, −5

For problems 6 – 8 determine if the two vectors are parallel, orthogonal or neither.

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q
6. = 4, −2, 7 , p =−3i + j + 2k

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7. a = 3,10 , =
b 4, −1

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8. w =i + 4 j − 2 k , v =−3i − 12 j + 6k
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9. Given a = −8, 2 and b = −1, −7 compute proj a b .

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10. Given u = 7i − j + k and w =−2i + 5 j − 6k compute proj w u .

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11. Determine the direction cosines and direction angles for r = −3, − ,1 .
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Section 5-4 : Cross Product

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1. If w
= 3, −1,5 and
= v 0, 4, −2 compute v × w .

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w
2. If= 1, 6, −8 and v = 4, −2, −1 compute w × v .

3. Find a vector that is orthogonal to the plane containing the points P = ( 3, 0,1) , Q
= ( 4, −2,1) and
R
= ( 5,3, −1) .
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4. Are the vectors u 1, 2, −4 , v =−5,3, −7 and w = −1, 4, 2 are in the same plane?

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