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    1. The document provides solutions to a homework assignment involving vector norms, angles between vectors, unit vectors, and vector projections. It calculates norms, angles between vectors, parameterizations of lines, and projections of vectors. 2. Several examples are worked through, finding norms and angles between vectors explicitly. Properties of vector projections and orthogonality are demonstrated. 3. Formulas for vector norms, angles between vectors, unit vectors, line parameterizations, and vector projections are applied to calculate various vector quantities and properties.

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    1. The document provides solutions to a homework assignment involving vector norms, angles between vectors, unit vectors, and vector projections. It calculates norms, angles between vectors, parameterizations of lines, and projections of vectors. 2. Several examples are worked through, finding norms and angles between vectors explicitly. Properties of vector projections and orthogonality are demonstrated. 3. Formulas for vector norms, angles between vectors, unit vectors, line parameterizations, and vector projections are applied to calculate various vector quantities and properties.

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    1. (a)

    i. Norm of the vector (1 2 1) is 1 + 4 + 1= 6.

    ii. Norm of the vector (1 1 1) is 1 + 1 + 1= 3.

    iii. Norm of the vector (2 3 0) is 4 + 9 + 0= 13.

    (b) The cosine of the angle between any two vectors a and b is given as follows
    cos =

    a.b
    .
    kakkbk

    Angle between the vectors (1 2 1) and (1 1 1) is


    cos1

    1+21
    2

    = = 61.87 degrees = 1.0799 radians
    6 3
    18

    Angle between the vectors (1 2 1) and (2 3 0) is


    2+6+0
    8
    cos1
    = = 25.07 degrees = .437 radians
    6 13
    78
    Angle between the vectors (1 1 1) and (2 3 0) is
    5
    2+3+0
    cos1
    = = 36.81 degrees = .642 radians
    3 13
    39
    p

    (c) Let u be the vector (3 4 5). We have kuk = 32 + 42 + (5)2 = 50. The required two vectors are
    u
    u
    kuk and kuk given by
    3
    4
    5

    )
    (
    50
    50
    50
    (d) Let a and b be the two vectors (1 3 9) and (2 4 6) respectively.

    kak = 91, kbk = 56, ka + bk = 67


    Moreover

    |a.b| = 40 and ka bk = 227

    Clearly 67 < 91 + 56, 40 < 91 56 and 227 > 91 56


    2. (a)
    k(1 1)k =

    12 + 1 2 = 2

    Angle between (1 1) and (1 0) is


    1
    cos1 = 45 degrees
    2
    (b)
    k(2 3)k =

    22 + (3)2 = 13

    Angle between (2 3) and (1 0) is


    2
    cos1 = 56.3 degrees
    13
    (c)

    k( 3 1)k = 3 + 12 = 4 = 2

    Angle between ( 3 1) and (1 0) is

    3
    cos1
    = 30 degrees
    2

    (d)

    k(5 12)k =

    52 + 122 =

    169 = 13

    Angle between (5 12) and (1 0) is


    cos1
    (e)
    k(5 12)k =

    5
    = 67.38 degrees
    13

    (5)2 + (12)2 =

    169 = 13

    Angle between (5 12) and (1 0) is


    cos1

    5
    = 112.62 degrees
    13

    3. (a) If the vector is (a b), it follows that a2 + b2 = 1,


    unit vector is (

    3
    2

    b
    a

    1 .
    3

    Solving, we get a =

    3
    2

    and b = 12 . The required

    1
    2 ).

    (b) The required vector is an unit vector making an angle of -30 degrees with respect to the x axis. The
    vector is (.866 .5)
    (c) The vector is ( 35 45 ).
    (d) The slope of the tangent vector is 4. A unit vector with slope 4 is given by ( 117
    (e) The required unit normal vector is given by ( 4
    17

    4 )
    17

    1 )
    17

    4. Assume that the cube is of length, breadth and height given by a. It can be aligned in such a way that the
    diagonal is the vector d = (a a a), the face diagonal is the vector f = (a a 0) and the edge is the vector
    e = (a 0 0).
    2

    (a) Angle between d and e is given by cos1 aa3a

    = 54.74 degrees.

    2a
    = 35.26 degrees.
    (b) Angle between d and f is given by cos1 a3a
    2

    (c) If a 6= 0 and b 6= 0, then the line ax + by + c = 0 can be parameterized in vector as


    {u + tv : t is any real number}
    and where u = ( ac
    0) and v = ( ac cb ). The vector (a b) is clearly perpendicular to the vector v. If
    a = 0, the line is given by by + c = 0 which is parallel to the x axis. The vector (0 b) is clearly parallel
    to the x axis. If b = 0, the line is given by ax + c = 0 which is parallel to the y axis. The vector (a 0) is
    clearly parallel to the y axis.
    5. The vectors A and B are defined as follows:
    A = (2
    . We have kAk =

    5), B = (3 4)

    29, kBk = 5 and A.B = 6 20 = 14. It follows that

    (a)
    projA B =

    B.A
    14
    A =
    (2
    2
    kAk
    29

    5)

    projB A =

    A.B
    14
    B =
    (3
    kBk2
    25

    4)

    (b)

    (c)
    C = A projB A =
    (d)

    1
    (92
    25

    69)

    1
    1
    (92
    69).(3 4) =
    (276 276) = 0.
    25
    25
    Hence the vectors C and B are orthogonal to each other.
    C.B =

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