UNIVERSITY OF CEBU-MAIN CAMPUS

CIVIL ENGINEERING REVIEW

VECTORS APPLICATION

VECTORS
SITUATION: Determine the magnitude of the following
vectors.

1. 𝐴 = 2𝑖 + 3𝑗 5. The magnitude of the resultant of A and B.

Ans. √13 Ans. √57

2. 𝐵 = 2𝑖 + 6𝑗 + 𝑘 6. The unit vector of the resultant of A and B.

Ans.√41 Ans. 〈0.927 − 0.265 − 0.265〉

3. 𝐶 = 〈2 7 1〉 7. The direction cosine of the resultant of A and B.

Ans. 3√6 Ans. 〈0.927 − 0.265 − 0.265〉

4. A + B 8. The dot product: 𝐴 ∙ 𝐵

Ans. 〈7 − 2 − 2〉 Ans.-31
9. The cross product: 𝐴 × 𝐵 13. A2
Ans. 〈−18 − 41 − 22〉 Ans. -31

10. The angle between vector A and vector B. 14. Find the area of the triangle whose vertices are P (2, -1, 3),
Ans.121.86 deg Q (1, 2, 4) and R (3, 1, 1)?
Ans. 4.743 sq.units

11. The angle that vector B makes with the y axis. 15. Find the area of the parallelogram if two sides are
Ans. 124.45 deg represented by vector 〈1 2 7〉 and 〈5 7 9〉.
Ans. 40.57 sq.units

16. Find the volume of the parallelepiped whose edges are

12. The angle that vector A makes with the z axis. represented by A = 2i – 3j + 4k, B = i + 2j – k and C = 3i – j +
Ans. 147.43 deg 2k?
Ans. 7 cu.units
17. If 𝐴 = 4𝑖 − 9𝑗 − 8𝑘 and 𝐵 = 〈𝑥 𝑥ଶ 𝑥ଷ 〉. If their dot product 21. What are the xyz-components of the resultant force?
is zero, determine the value of x. Ans. 〈142.19 36.20 62.12〉
Ans. x = 0.341 ; -1.1466 ; 0

18. A force of F = 3000 lb acts from A( 4, -2, 5) to B( 3, -5, 7).

Find the components of the force.
Answer. 〈−801.78 − 2405.35 1603.57〉

22. The magnitude of a force is 80 kN. The coordinate of the

tail is (0, 4, 3) and that of the tip is (9/2, 0, 3). What is the
moment of the force about the origin.
Ans. 〈159.45 139.38 − 239.57〉 ; 338.83 KN.m

19. The resultant of the concurrent forces has a magnitude of

1000 KN and acts trough the origin and the point (2, 3, 4).
What is the z component of the resultant force?
Ans. 742.78 KN

23. A constant force F acts from (3, -4, 5) to (6, 7, -1). If the
work done of moving a point from A (5, 6, -1) to B (6, 7, -4), is
2,980.417 N.m. Determine the magnitude of that force.
Ans. 1200 N

20. What is the resultant force?

Ans. 159.34 KN