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Addis Ababa Science and Technology University

College of Natural and Social Sciences, Department of Mathematics


Applied Mathematics I (Math1014)
Worksheet I

1. Find the value of x for which A = 3i + 2j + 9k and B = i + xj + 3k are parallel vectors.

2. Find the value of m such that A = mi − 3j + 3k and B = 3i + 9j − 12k are perpenducluar


vectors.

3. Consider u + 2v = 3j − k and 3u − v = i + j + k. Find the values of u and v.

4. Which of the following pairs of vectors are parallel?

(a) (−2, 3, 1), (6, −4, −3)

(b) (10, −8, 3, 0, 27), ( 65 , − 32 , 34 , 0, − 52 )

(c) (12, −16), (9, −12)

5. Normalize the vectors (1, 2, −2, 4) and (5, −4).


−→
6. Suppose the vector AB has magnitude 10 units with same direction as the vector v = 4i−3j.
Find the terminal point B if the initial point is A(1, 2).

7. Let u = i + j − k, v = i − j + k, w = −i + j + k. Find a unit vector in the direction of


u + v + w.

8. Find a vector perpendicular to both vectors (u + v) and (u − v), where u = i + j + k and


v = i + 2j + 3k.
9. If the sum of two vectors is a unit vector, show that the magnitude of their difference equals
√
3.

10. Consider u and v be vectors with ||u|| = 4 and ||2u − v|| = ||u + v||. Then find u and v.

11. If v = 4i − 3j, u is a unit vector and ||u + v||2 = 27, then find the angle, θ between the two
vectors.

12. Find the value of k such that u = (k, 2k, 2k, 4) and v = (4, 2k, 2k, k) are orthogonal vectors.

13. Detemine the values for ||u + v|| and ||u − v|| if ||u|| = 3, ||v|| = 4, and the angle between
them is 90o .

14. If u is a unit vector and (v − u)  (u + v) = 80, then find ||v||.


√
15. Let ||u|| = 3, ||v|| = 1 and the angle between u and v is π6 . Find the angle α between
u + v and u − v.

16. Suppose that each angle between the vectors u, v and w is π3 . If ||u|| = 4, ||u|| = 2 and
||w|| = 6, then find ||u + v + w||. (Hint: u  v = ||v||||u|| cos θ, follow a similar approach
for u  w and v  w).

17. If the vectors u and v are given as (2, −3, 3) and (1, 2, −2), respectively, find the following.

(a) u  v

(b) (u + w)  (v − w)

(c) ||u + v||2

(d) The cosine angle between v and w.

(e) The projection of u along v, and the scalar projection of v along u.

(f) The projection of u along v − 2u.

(g) Find the directional angles and cosines of the vector u.

18. Find the cosine angle of the triangle 4ABC with vertices A(1, 0, 0), B(0, 1, 0) and C(2, 1, −2).
19. Consider the vector u is orthogonal to the vector v, and ||u|| = ||v|| = 1. If w = αu + βv,
p
show that ||w|| = α2 + β 2 , where α and β in R.

20. If the angle between any two of the vectors u, v and w in space is 600 , and ||u|| = 4, v = 2
and w = 4, then find the following.

(a) u  v

(b) ||u + v||

(c) ||u + v + w||

21. Find the area of the triangle with vertices A(1, 2, 1), B(3, 2, 2) and C(0, 1, 2).
−→ −→
22. Find the area of parallelogram with adjecent vertices AB and AC, where A = (1, −2, 1),
B = (3, 1, 4) and C = (−2, 0, 3).

23. Find the volume and surface area of the parallelpiped with adjecent vectors.

(a) u = (1, 2, −1), v = (0, −1, 1) and w = (1, 2, 0).

(b) u = (1, 2, −1), v = (3, 2, 0) and w = (3, 1, 3).

24. Find the perpedicular distance from the point p(3, 0, 1) to the line with sysmmetric equation:
y−2
x+2= 3
= z.

25. Find the parametric and symmetric equation of the line L

(a) that passes through the points P (1, 0, 4) and P (3, 4, 5).

(b) that passes through the point P (−2, 5, −3) and orthogonal to the plane 2x−3y+4z +7.

(c) that passes through the point P (2, 0, −4) and parallel to the plane 2x + y − z = 0.

26. Find equation of the plane

(a) containing the points P1 (1, 2, 3), P2 (4, 1, −1) and P3 (2, 2, 0).

(b) containing the point P (0, 1, 2) and vectors B = (−2, 4, 3), C = (3, 1, −1).

27. Find an equation of the plane


(a) perpendicular to the line through the points P1 (2, 2, −4) and P2 (7, −1, 3) and contain-
ing the point P3 (−5, 1, 2).

(b) Parallel to the plane 4x − 2y + z = 1 and containing the point P (2, 6, −1).

28. Show that the image of the point P (3, −2, 1) in the plane 3x − y + z − 2 = 0 lies on the
plane x + y + z + 4 = 0.

29. Find the shortest distance from the point P0 (6, 5, 9) to the plane determined by the points
P1 (3, −1, 2), P2 (5, 2, 4) and P3 (−1, −1, 3).

30. Determine whether the following vectors are linearly dependent or independent.

(a) {(1, 1, 2), (1, 2, 1), (2, 1, 1)}

(b) {(1, 2, 3), (2, 3, 4), (3, 4, 5)}

(c) {t, sin t, sin 2t}

31. Determine whether or not eaach of the following form a basis of R3 .

(a) {(1, 1, 1), (1, 0, 1)}

(b) {(1, 1, 1), (1, 2, 3), (2, −1, 1)}

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