Scribd
Upload
10 views

vector (1)

Uploaded by

Uddeepta Sarkar
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
10 views

vector (1)

Uploaded by

Uddeepta Sarkar
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
You are on page 1/ 2

1. If P.V of P is 2𝑖̂+3𝑗̂-𝑘̂ and Q is 3𝑖̂+𝑗̂+2𝑘̂.

Find ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗
𝑃𝑄 and length of ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗
𝑃𝑄 .
[𝑖̂-2𝑗̂+3𝑘̂; √14]

2. Find a unit vector along ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗


𝑃𝑄 where P(2,3,-1) and Q(3,1,2)

3. If 𝑎 and 𝑏⃗ are non-collinear vectors, find x such that

𝛼= (x-2)𝑎+𝑏⃗ and 𝛽 =(3+2x)𝑎-2𝑏⃗ are collinear.


1
[x= - 4]

4. Prove that 𝑎=2𝑖̂-3𝑗̂+4𝑘̂ and -4𝑖̂+6𝑗̂-8𝑘̂ are collinear.


5. If -20𝑖̂-11𝑗̂ and (a-40)𝑖̂-44𝑗̂ are collinear, then find a. [a=-40]

6. 𝑎=2𝑖̂-𝑗̂+2𝑘̂, 𝑏⃗=3𝑖̂+2𝑗̂+3𝑘̂, find a.b


5
7. Find the angle between the vectors 𝑖̂-2𝑗̂+3𝑘̂ and 3𝑖̂-2𝑗̂+𝑘̂. [θ=cos −1 7]

8. 𝑎=𝑖̂+𝑗̂+2𝑘̂ , 𝑏⃗=3𝑖̂+2𝑗̂-𝑘̂, find (a+8b).(2a-b)


[-15]

9. Find P if the vectors 𝑎=3𝑖̂+2𝑗̂+9𝑘̂ and 𝑏⃗=𝑖̂+8𝑗̂+3𝑘̂ are


i. perpendicular ii. Parallel
2
[-15, 3 ]

10. Find the angle between the vectors 𝑎 and 𝑏⃗ having the same length √2 and the scalar
2𝜋
product is -1. [3]

11. Find the projections of 7𝑖̂+𝑗̂-4𝑘̂ on 2𝑖̂+6𝑗̂+3𝑘̂

12. Let 𝑎 and 𝑏⃗ be the vectors of same magnitude such that the angle between them is 60°
and 𝑎.𝑏⃗=8, find ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗
|𝑎| [4]

13. Find ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗


|𝑥| , if for a unit vector 𝑎, (𝑥-𝑎).(𝑥+𝑎)=15 [4]

14. If 𝑎=5𝑖̂-𝑗̂-3𝑘̂, 𝑏⃗=𝑖̂+3𝑗̂-5𝑘̂, show that (a+b) and (a-b) are perpendicular.

|𝑎| =3, ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗


15. If ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ |𝑏| = 2, a.b=6, find |𝑎+𝑏⃗| [5]
⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ =3, |𝑏|
16. If 𝑎+ 𝑏⃗+ 𝑐 = ⃗0, |𝑎| ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ = 5, |𝑐|
⃗⃗⃗⃗ =7, find the angle between 𝑎 and 𝑏⃗. Also find 𝑎.𝑏⃗+𝑏⃗.𝑐 +𝑎.𝑐
𝜋
[3]
𝜃 1
17. If 𝑎 and 𝑏⃗are unit vectors inclined at an angle θ, then prove that sin2=2|𝑎- 𝑏⃗|
𝜋 𝜋
18. If a unit vector 𝑎 which makes angles 4 with 𝑖̂, 3 with 𝑗̂ and an acute angle θ with 𝑘̂, find
1 1 1 𝜋
𝑎 and θ. [√2 , 2 , 2 , 3 ]
19. The scalar product of 𝑎=𝑖̂+𝑗̂+𝑘̂ with a unit vector along the sum of 𝑏⃗=2𝑖̂+4𝑗̂-5𝑘̂ and
𝑐 =𝜆𝑖̂+2𝑗̂+3𝑘̂, find λ. [1]

20. 𝛼=3𝑖̂-𝑗̂ , 𝛽 =2𝑖̂+𝑗̂-3𝑘̂, express β=β1+β2 . Show that β1∥α and β2⊥α.

21. If 𝑎,𝑏⃗, 𝑐 are three mutually perpendicular unit vectors, find |2𝑎+𝑏⃗+𝑐 |

[√6]
⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ =3, |𝑏|
22. Let |𝑎| ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ = 4, |𝑐|
⃗⃗⃗⃗ =5. If each one is perpendicular to the sum of The other two find
|𝑎+𝑏⃗+ 𝑐 |= 5√2

23. If 𝑎.𝑏⃗= 𝑎 . 𝑐 , is 𝑏⃗=𝑐?

24. If 𝑎, 𝑏⃗, 𝑐 are three perpendicular vectors with equal magnitude. Prove that they are
equally inclined with 𝑎+𝑏⃗+𝑐.

Cross product
1. 𝑎 = 𝑖̂ + 𝑗̂ + 𝑘̂, 𝑐 = 𝑗̂ − 𝑘̂ , find a vector 𝑏⃗ such that 𝑎 x 𝑏⃗ = 𝑐 and 𝑎.𝑏⃗ = 3

2.𝑎 = 2𝑖̂ + 𝑘̂, 𝑏⃗= 𝑖̂ +𝑗̂ +𝑘̂ find 𝑎 x 𝑏⃗


[- 𝑖̂ -𝑗̂ + 2𝑘̂]

3. 𝑎= 𝑖̂ + 3𝑗̂ -2𝑘̂ 𝑏⃗= −𝑖̂+3𝑘̂ find |𝑎 x 𝑏⃗| [√91]


27
̂ + 6𝑗̂ +27𝑘̂) x (𝑖̂ +λ𝑗̂ +μ𝑘̂) = ⃗0
4. Find λ and μ, y(2𝑖 [λ=3, μ= ]
2

5. For any vector 𝑎, Prove that

|𝑎 x 𝑖̂|2 + |𝑎 x𝑗̂|2 + |𝑎 x𝑘̂|2 = 2|𝑎|2

6. Find a unit vector perpendicular to both 𝑖̂ −2𝑗̂+3𝑘̂ and 𝑖̂+2𝑗̂ − 𝑘̂


1
[ (−𝑖̂ + 𝑗̂ + 𝑘̂)]
√3

7. Find a vector of magnitude 9 which is perpendicular to both 4𝑖̂ -𝑗̂ + 3𝑘̂ and −2𝑖̂ + 𝑗̂ − 2𝑘̂
[−3𝑖̂ + 6𝑗̂ + 6𝑘̂]

You might also like