Vectors - Consolidated
Vectors - Consolidated
CHAPTER 10 – VECTORS
CONSOLIDATED PROBLEMS
Find:
1. 𝑎 + 𝑏⃗
2. 𝑎 − 𝑏⃗
3. 𝑎. 𝑏⃗
4. 𝑎 × 𝑏⃗
5. cos 𝜃
6. sin 𝜃
7. angle between 𝑎 and 𝑏⃗
8. |𝑎|
9. |𝑏⃗|
10. 𝑎̂
11. 𝑏̂
12. projection of 𝑎 on 𝑏⃗
13. projection of 𝑏⃗ on 𝑎
14. area of the triangle with sides 𝑎 and 𝑏⃗
15. the third side of the triangle if 𝑎 and 𝑏⃗ are the other two sides
16. the area of the parallelogram with adjacent sides 𝑎 and 𝑏⃗
17. the area of the parallelogram with diagonals 𝑎 and 𝑏⃗
18. the DRs of 𝑎 and 𝑏⃗
19. the DCs of 𝑎 and 𝑏⃗
20. the unit normal vector perpendicular to both 𝑎 and 𝑏⃗
21. the angles made by 𝑎 with X, Y and Z axes
22. the angles made by 𝑏⃗ with X, Y and Z axes
23. 𝑐 if 𝑐 divides the line segment joining 𝑎 and 𝑏⃗ internally in the ratio 2:1
24. the position vector of the midpoint 𝑑 if 𝑑 divides 𝑎 and 𝑏⃗ equally
⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗
25. 𝐴𝐵
26. distance between 𝑎 and 𝑏⃗
Verify:
27. |𝑎. 𝑏⃗| ≤ |𝑎| |𝑏⃗|
28. |𝑎 + 𝑏⃗| ≤ |𝑎| + |𝑏⃗|
29. |𝑎. 𝑏⃗|2 + |𝑎 × 𝑏⃗|2 ≤ |𝑎|2 |𝑏⃗|2
30. |𝑎 + 𝑏⃗|2 - |𝑎 − 𝑏⃗|2 ≤ 4 𝑎. 𝑏⃗