TARLAC STATE UNIVERSITY

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING
In-house Practice Problems - Vector Analysis

1. Find the smallest interior angles of the triangle A(3,−1, 4), B(1, 2,−4), C(−3, 2, 1).
A. 35.450 B. 45.740 C. 55.290 D. 78.970

2. Find the equation of the plane which passes through the point (2, 1, 4) and is perpendicular to the two
planes 7x + y + 2z = 6 and 3x + 5y − 6z = 8.
A. 2x + y – 4z + 11 = 0 C. x + y – 4z + 13 = 0
B. x + 2y – 3z – 8 = 0 D. x – 3y – 2z + 9 = 0

3. Find the perpendicular distance between the parallel planes x − 2y + 2z − 8 = 0 and x − 2y + 2z + 19 =

0.
A. 3 B. 9 C. 11 D. 27

4. Find the acute angle between the planes 4x − y + 8z = 9 and x + 3y + z = 4.

A. 72.45 B. 107.55 C. 17.55 D. 162.45s

5. Find the equation of a plane passing through the line of intersection of the planes 3x + y − 5z + 7 = 0
and x − 2y + 4z − 3 = 0 and passing through the point (−3, 2, −4).
A. 10x + 3y – 2z + 16 = 0 C. 25x - 12y + 7z + 127 = 0
B. 49x – 7y - 25z + 61 = 0 D. 9x + 8y + 7z + 39 = 0

x+1 y z-3
6. Find the angle between the line =3= and the plane 3x + y + z = 7.
2 6
A. 49.750 B. 40.250 C. 54.86 D. 35.14

7. For what values of a are A = ai - 2j +k and B = 2ai +aj - 4k perpendicular

A. 2, 0 B. 2, 1 C. 2, -1 D. 2, 2

8. Given the following forces F1 = 10kN that passes through (1, 1, 2) and (2, 3, 5) and F2 = 50kN that
passes through (0, 1, 3) and (3, 2, 5). Determine the resultant moment of these forces about the origin.
A. <2.67 -2.67 -2.67> C. <-16.04 117.59 -37.42>
B. <-13.36 120.27 -40.09> D. <10.69 122.94 42.76>

9. Find the work done in moving an object along a straight line from (3, 2,-1) to (2,-1, 4) by a 100lb force
that passes through (0,0,0) and (4,-3,2).
A. 1500 B. 500 C. 253.55 D. 278.54

10. The following forces act on a particle P: F1 = 2i + 3j - 5k, F2 = -5i + j + 3k, F3 = i - 2j + 4k, F4 = 4i - 3j -
2k, measured in pounds. Determine the magnitude of the resultant.
A. 2 B. 1 C. 3 D. 2.24

11. Find the point on the y-axis which is equidistant from (2, 5, -3) and (-3, 6, 1).
A. (0, 1, 0) B. (0, 2, 0) C. (0, 3, 0) D. (0, 4, 0)

12. What is the volume of the sphere having an equation x2 + y2 – z2 + 4x - 6y -10z + 13 = 0?

A. 78.54 B. 314.16 C. 523.60 D. 1570.80
 TARLAC STATE UNIVERSITY
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING
In-house Practice Problems - Vector Analysis

13. Find the equation of the sphere of radius 3, and tangent to all three coordinate planes if the center is in
the first octant.
A. x + y2 + z2 – 6x – 6y – 6z + 18 = 0
2 C. x2 + y2 + z2 – 3x – 3y – 3z + 9 = 0
B. x + y + z + 6x + 6y + 6z + 18 = 0
2 2 2 D. x2 + y2 + z2 + 3x + 3y + 3z + 9 = 0

14. Find the equation of the plane through (2, 1, -3) parallel to the plane 3x + 4y + z = 4.
A. 4x –3y – z = 7 C. 3x + 4y + z = 7
B. 4x – 3y + z = 7 D. 3x – 4y – z = 7

15. Find the perpendicular distance between the planes

4x + y + 8z + 33 = 0 and 4x + y + 8z – 30 = 0.
A. 7 B. 3 C. 5 D. 4

16. Find the volume of the tetrahedron bounded by the coordinate planes and the plane 8x + 12y + 4z – 24
= 0.
A. 6 B. 4 C. 8 D. 12

17. Given the vector A = 3i – 6j + 2k. Compute the angle which the vector makes with the x-axis.
A. 64.6 B. 25.4 C. 31.02 D. 58.98

18. Find the value of “b” if A and B are perpendicular.

A = 2i + bj + k B = 4i – 2j – 2k
A. 3 B. 2 C. 1 D. 0

19. Find the volume of the parallelepiped whose edges are represented by A = 2i - 3j + 4k, B = i + 2j - k
and
C = 3i - j + 2k.
A. 4 B. 5 C. 6 D. 7

20. Given: A = 3i – 6j + 2k B = 10i + 4j – 6k

Find A • B.
A. -6 B. 6 C. -5 D. 5

21. What is the angle between the zero based vector

A = (-√3, 1) B= (2√3, 2)
A. 30deg B. 60deg C. 90deg D. 120deg

22. Find the equation of the plane which makes an equal angle with the coordinate axis and which cut a
volume of 288 cu.units from the first octant.
A. x + y + z = 12 C. x +y + z = 7
B. x + y + z = 10 D. x +y + z = 15

23. The distance between points (7, 3, 6) and (2, 10, 4) is equal to:
A. 3.38 B. 8.83 C. 8.60 D. 6.80