SRI SATHYA SAI VIDYA VIHAR

VECTOR ALGEBRA
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Solve :- (1)(a) Find x , y , z so that the vectors a = x iˆ –2 ĵ – z k̂ and b = 2 iˆ –y ĵ +2 k̂ are equal
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(b) If a = iˆ – ĵ +2 k̂ , b = 2 iˆ + ĵ +2 k̂ , c = iˆ + ĵ – k̂ find a unit vector parallel to a +2 b – c
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(c)Find a vector of magnitude 5 units and parallel to resultant of a = 2 iˆ +3 ĵ – k̂ & b = iˆ –2 ĵ + k̂
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(2) (a) If P(1, 2, 3) and Q(–1, 4, 2) are two points find Scalar and vector components of PQ
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also find magnitude of PQ and unit vector in the direction of vector PQ
(b) Find Direction cosines of a vector joining A (1,2,−3) to B ( 1, −1, 1)
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(c)Find a vector of magnitude 8 units in the direction of AB where A(−1, 2, −3) and B(1, 0, −1)

(3) (a) Show that the vectors iˆ – 2 ĵ +2 k̂ , 6 iˆ – ĵ – 4 k̂ , 7 iˆ –3 ĵ – 2 k̂ are sides of a right triangle

(b) Show that points with P.V. 3 iˆ –4 ĵ – 4 k̂ , 2 iˆ – ĵ + k̂ , iˆ –3 ĵ –5 k̂ are vertices of a right triangle

(4) (a) If iˆ + ĵ + k̂ , 2 iˆ +5 ĵ , 3 iˆ +2 ĵ – 3 k̂ and iˆ –6 ĵ – k̂ are position vectors of points A,B,C

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and D respectively . Deduce that AB and CD are collinear
(b)Using concepts of vector, show that the points A(1, – 2, – 8), B (5, 0, – 2) and C (11, 3, 7)
are collinear, and find the ratio in which B divides AC
(c) Find the position vector of mid point of the vector joining the points P(2,3,4) and Q(4,1,–2).
(d) Find the position vector of a point R which divides the line joining two points P and Q
whose position vectors are , 2 iˆ +5 ĵ and 3 iˆ +2 ĵ – 3 k̂ externally in the ratio 1 : 2. Also,
show that P is the mid point of the line segment RQ.
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(e) a , b are position vectors of points A(1, –1 ) and B(–2,m) Find m if a and b are collinear
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(5) (a) In a regular hexagon ABCDEF , if AB = a and BC = b then express CD , DE , EF ,
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FA , AC , AD , AE , CE in terms of a and b
(b) If 2 iˆ – ĵ + k̂ and iˆ –3 ĵ – 5 k̂ are two adjacent sides of a parallelogram find unit vectors
parallel to the diagonals of the parallelogram
(6) (a) Show that iˆ + ĵ + k̂ is equally inclined to the axes
(b) Find a vector equally inclined to axes having magnitude 2√𝟑
(c)A vector is inclined at 45o to x-axis , 60o to z-axis find its inclination to y-axis
(d) Find a unit vector in x-y plane making an angle of θ with +ve x- axis
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(e) A vector r is inclined at 45o to x-axis , 60o to y-axis if │ r │= 8 find r
(f) Find a vector of magnitude 14 and whose direction ratios are 2 ,3 ,−6 .
(7) (a) Find the value of x for which x( iˆ + ĵ – k̂ ) is a unit vector
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(b) If b is of magnitude 3 units and λ b is a unit vector then what is value of λ
(c) Write two different vectors having same magnitude.
(d) Write two different vectors having same direction.
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(e) If a = b + c then is it true that │ a │= │ b │+ │ c │? Justify your answer.
 # PRODUCT OF TWO VECTORS
(1) SCALAR ( DOT .) PRODUCT :-
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Solve:-(1)(a)If a = iˆ –2 ĵ + 3 k̂ & b = iˆ +3
ĵ + k̂ find ( a –2 b ) . ( a + b )
(b) Find the angle between two vectors iˆ –2 ĵ + 3 k̂ & 3 iˆ –2 ĵ + k̂
(c) Find projection of iˆ +3 ĵ +7 k̂ on the vector 7 iˆ – ĵ +8 k̂
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(d)If a =5 iˆ – ĵ – 3 k̂ & b = iˆ +3 ĵ – 5 k̂ then show that the vectors a – b & a + b are perpendicular
(e) If A(1, 2, 3), B(–1, 0, 0), C (0, 1, 2) are the vertices of a triangle ABC find angle ABC
(f) Using vector product , show that the vectors 2 iˆ – ĵ + k̂ , iˆ –3 ĵ – 5 k̂ , 3 iˆ –4 ĵ – 4 k̂ form
sides of a right angled triangle , also find the remaining two angles of the triangle
(g) If iˆ + ĵ + k̂ , 2 iˆ +5 ĵ , 3 iˆ +2 ĵ – 3 k̂ and iˆ –6 ĵ – k̂ are position vectors of points A,B,C
and D respectively . Find angle between AD and BC
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(2) Find the value of p for which the vectors a =3 iˆ +2 ĵ +9 k̂ & b = iˆ +p ĵ +3 k̂
(a) are perpendicular (b) are parallel
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(3) (a) Find the angle between two vectors a & b with magnitude √3 & 2 & a . b = √6
(b) Find magnitude of two vectors having same magnitude and angle between them is 60o
such that their scalar product is 1 / 2
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(c)Find │ a │ , │ b │If ( a – b ) ( a + b ) = 8 and │ a │ = 8 │ b │
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(d) Find │ x │ , If a is a unit vector & ( x – a ) ( x + a ) = 12
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(e) If │ a │ = 2 , │ b │= 1 and a . b = 1 find ( 3 a –5 b ) . (2 a +7 b )
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(f) If │ a │ = 3 , │ b │= 2 and a . b = 1 find │ a – b │ & │ a + b │
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(g) If a , b are two non coplanar unit vectors & │ a + b │= √3 find ( 2 a –5 b ) . (3 a + b )
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(4) (a) a & b are two unit vectors and θ is the angle between them find θ if a – b is a unit vector
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(b) a , b and √𝟑 a + b are unit vectors find angle between a , b .
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(5) (a) Three vectors a , b , c satisfy the condition that a + b + c = 0 . Evaluate the quantity
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μ=a . b+ b . c + a . c If │ a │ = 1, │ b │=4 , │ c │= 2
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(b) If a , b , c are three unit vectors such that a + b + c = 0 . find a . b + b . c + a . c
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(c) If a , b , c are three mutually perpendicular unit vectors find │ a + b + c │
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(d) If │ a │ = 3, │ b │= 5 , │ c │= 7 and a + b + c = 0 find angle between a & b
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(e) If a , b , c are three vectors such that │ a │ = 3, │ b │= 4 , │ c │= 5 and each one of them
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is perpendicular to sum of the other two find │ a + b + c │
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(f) ) If a , b , c are three mutually perpendicular vectors of equal magnitude , show that the
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vector a + b + c is equally inclined each vector a , b & c
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(6) (a) a =2 iˆ +2 ĵ + 3 k̂ , b = – iˆ +2 ĵ + k̂ , c = 3 iˆ + ĵ are such that a + λ b is perpendicular
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to c find the value of λ
(b) The scalar product of the vector iˆ + ĵ + k̂ with a unit vector along the sum of vectors
 2 iˆ +4 ĵ – 5 k̂ & λ iˆ +2 ĵ + 3 k̂ is equal to one .Find the value of λ
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(c) If  = 3 iˆ – ĵ ,  = 2 iˆ + ĵ – 3 k̂ then express  in the form of  =  1+  2 where  1
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is parallel to  and  2 is perpendicular to 
(d) Decompose the vector 6 iˆ –3 ĵ –6 k̂ into two vectors which are parallel and perpendicular
to the vector iˆ + ĵ + k̂
(e)Find a vector parallel to iˆ +2 ĵ – k̂ and whose projection on iˆ – ĵ + k̂ is 1 / √3
(7) (a) Dot products of a vector with the vectors iˆ + ĵ – 3 k̂ , iˆ +3 ĵ – 2 k̂ & 2 iˆ + ĵ +4 k̂ are 0, 5
and 8 respectively .Find the vector .
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(b) Let a =3 iˆ – 2 ĵ +7 k̂ , b = iˆ +4 ĵ +2 k̂ and c =2 iˆ – ĵ +4 k̂ . Find d which is perpendicular
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to both a & b and c . d =15
(8) (a) If â and b̂ are two unit vector inclined at an angle θ , then prove that
θ 1 θ 1
(i) cos = │ â + b̂ │ (ii) sin = │ â – b̂ │
2 2 2 2
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(b) For any two vectors a & b prove that│ a . b │≤│ a ││ b │
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(c) For any two vectors a & b prove that│ a + b │≤│ a │ +│ b │
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(d) Show that│ a │ b –│ b │ a is perpendicular to │ a │ b +│ b │ a for any non zero a & b
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(e) Find the condition under which ( a + b ) . ( a + b ) = │ a │2 + │ b │2 given that a ≠ 0 , b ≠ 0
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(f) If a , b , c are vectors such that a . b = a . c then show that a =0 or b = 0 or a  ( b – c )
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(9) (a) For any vector a prove that a = ( a . iˆ ) iˆ + ( a . ĵ ) ĵ + ( a . k̂ ) k̂
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(b) For any vector a prove that │ a │2 = │ a . iˆ │2 +│ a . ĵ │2 + │ a . k̂ │2
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(g) Using dot product show that angle between any two diagonals of a cube is cos –1 3
(2) VECTOR PRODUCT OR CROSS (X) PRODUCT :-
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Solve :- (1) (a) If a = 3 iˆ – ĵ –2 k̂ , b = 2 iˆ +3 ĵ + k̂ find ( 2 a – b ) × ( a +2 b )
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(b) Find a unit vector perpendicular to a – b & a + b where a = 3 iˆ +2 ĵ +2 k̂ , b = iˆ +2 ĵ – 2 k̂
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(c)Find vectors of magnitude 9 & perpendicular to a & b both where a = iˆ + ĵ + k̂ , b = iˆ +2 ĵ – k̂
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(d) Find λ , μ if ( 2 iˆ +6 ĵ +14 k̂ ) × ( iˆ + λ ĵ + μ k̂ ) = 0
(2) (a) Find the area of the parallelogram whose adjacent sides are determined by the vectors
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a= iˆ – ĵ +3 k̂ & b = 2 iˆ –7 ĵ + k̂ also find unit vectors parallel to its digonal
(b) Find the area of the triangle with vertices A(1, 1, 2), B(2, 3, 5) and C(1, 5, 5)
(c) Find the area of a rectangle having vertices A, B, C and D with position vectors
– iˆ +1/2 ĵ +4 k̂ , iˆ +1/2 ĵ +4 k̂ , iˆ –1/2 ĵ +4 k̂ , – iˆ –1/2 ĵ +4 k̂ respectively
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(d) If d 1 and d 2 are the diagonals of a parallelogram with sides a & b find area of the
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parallelogram in terms of d 1 and d 2 hence find the area with d 1= iˆ +2 ĵ +3 k̂ and d 2 =3 iˆ – ĵ + k̂
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(e) a =3 iˆ +2 ĵ +2 k̂ , b = iˆ +2 ĵ –2 k̂ are diagonals of a parallelogram find vectors representing its
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(3) (a) Prove that( a – b ) × ( a + b ) = 2 ( a × b )
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(b) a , b , c are position vectors of any three points A,B ,C respectively . Find an expression for the
area of ΔABC and deduce the condition for the points A,B,C to be collinear
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(c) Prove that points with position vectors a , b , c are collinear if a × b + b × c + c ×a = 0
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(d) a , b , c are three vectors such that a + b + c = 0 then prove that a × b = b × c = c × a
(e) Prove that the normal vector to the plane containing three points with position vectors
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a , b , c lies in the direction of a × b + b × c + c × a
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(f) If a = 0 or b = 0 then a × b = 0 . Is converse true? Justify your answer with example.
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(4) (a) If θ is the angle between two vectors a & b and │ a × b │= 6 ,│ a │= 3│ b │=4 find θ.
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(b) If θ is the angle between two unit vectors a & b and a × b is a unit vector find θ .
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(c) If θ is the angle between two vectors a & b and │ a × b │= │ a . b │find θ.
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(d) If │ a │= 2 , │ b │= 5 and │ a × b │= 8 find a . b
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(e) If │ a │= 13 , │ b │= 5 and a . b = 60 find │ a × b │

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(f) Prove that │a × b │ =│a │ │b │ –(a . b ) =
2 2 2 2
a. b b. b
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(5) (a) Let a =3 iˆ – 2 ĵ +7 k̂ , b = iˆ +4 ĵ +2 k̂ and c =2 iˆ – ĵ + 4 k̂ . Find d which is perpendicular
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to both a & b and c . d = 15
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(b) If a = 2 iˆ + k̂ , b = iˆ + ĵ + k̂ , c = 4 iˆ – 3 ĵ +7 k̂ find r such that r × b = c × b & r . a = 0
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(c) If a = 2 iˆ + ĵ + k̂ , b = iˆ – ĵ + k̂ , c = iˆ – 2 ĵ – k̂ compute ( a × b ) × c and a . ( b × c )
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(d) If a = iˆ + ĵ + k̂ , c = ĵ – k̂ find b such that a × b = c & a . b =3
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(e) If a = 2 iˆ + ĵ + k̂ , b = iˆ + ĵ + k̂ Find c which is perpendicular to a & b & whose projection
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on d = ĵ – k̂ is √2
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(6) (a) For any vector a prove that │ a × iˆ │2 + │ a × ĵ │2 +│ a × k̂ │2 = 2│ a │2
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(b) Given that a . b = 0 and a × b = 0 what do you conclude about the vectors a & b ?
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(c) If a , b , c are vectors such that a . b = a . c & a × b = a × c then show that b = c
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(d) For any vector a prove that ( a × iˆ )× iˆ +( a × ĵ )× ĵ +( a × k̂ )× k̂ = – 2 a

(7) Evaluate :- (a) iˆ × ĵ . k̂ (b) k̂ × ( ĵ × iˆ ) (c) iˆ ×( ĵ × k̂ ) (d) ( iˆ × ĵ ) × iˆ

(e) ( ĵ × iˆ ) . ĵ (f) ( iˆ . ĵ ) k̂ (g) ( k̂ . k̂ ) ĵ (h) ( ĵ × iˆ ) . ( iˆ × ĵ ) (i) ( k̂ × iˆ ) . ( ĵ × iˆ )
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(8) Find the value of (a) iˆ .( ĵ × k̂ ) + ĵ .( iˆ × k̂ ) + k̂ .( iˆ × ĵ ) (b) a . ( b × a ) + ( a × b ) . b
(c) iˆ .( ĵ × k̂ ) + ĵ .( k̂ × iˆ ) + k̂ .( ĵ × iˆ ) (d) iˆ ×( ĵ × iˆ ) +( ĵ × iˆ ) × ĵ + ĵ ×( ĵ × k̂ )