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This document contains 21 multi-part math and physics problems involving vectors and vector calculus concepts such as dot products, cross products, gradients, divergences and curls. The problems cover finding magnitudes and direction cosines of vectors, operations between vectors, angles between vectors, and partial derivatives of vector and scalar functions. Solutions are provided for selected problems.

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Tutorial 1

This document contains 21 multi-part math and physics problems involving vectors and vector calculus concepts such as dot products, cross products, gradients, divergences and curls. The problems cover finding magnitudes and direction cosines of vectors, operations between vectors, angles between vectors, and partial derivatives of vector and scalar functions. Solutions are provided for selected problems.

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Tutorial 1 EQT203, Sept 2018

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1. Let A = (0, 4, 3). Find |OP |.
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2. Let A = (2, 1, −3). Find |OP |.

3. Given p=5i+j-3k and q=4i-3j+2k. Find:

(a) p + q
(b) p − q
(c) |p|
(d) 2q-10p
(e) q · p
(f) p × q
(g) |p × q|

4. Given i=(1, 0, 0), j=(0, 1, 0) and k=(0, 0, 1). Show that:

(a) i × j = k
(b) j × k = i
(c) k × i = j
(d) j × i = −k
(e) k × j = −i
(f) i × k = −j

5. Find the angle between the vectors u=4i-5j-k and v=i+2j+3k.

6. Vectors u = 4i − 5j − k and v=i+aj+3k are given. Find a if u and v are


perpendicular.

7. If u=3i+6j+k and v=4i+5j-2k. Find:

(a) u × v
(b) |v × u|

8. Given a=2i+3j-k and b=i+2j+k, determine a · b and a × b. Find the angle


between a and b.
9. In each of Problem (a) through (e), compute F + G, F − G, |F |, |G|, 2F and 3G
√
(a) F = 2i − 3j + 5k, G = 2i + 6j − 5k.
(b) F = i − 3k, G = 4j
(c) F = 2i − 5j, G = i + 5j − k
√
(d) F = 2i + j − 3k, G = 8i + 2k
(e) F = i + j + k, G = 2i − 2j + 2k

Solution:
√ √ √ √ √
(a) (2+ 2)i+3j; (2− 2)i−3j)+10k; 38; 63; 4i−6j+10k; 2 2i+18j−15k
√ √
(c) 3i − k; i − 10j + k; 29; 3 3; 4i − 10j; 3i + 15j − 3k
√ √
(e) 3i − j + 3k; −i + 3j − k; 3; 2 3; 2i + 2j + 2k; 6i − 6j + 6k

10. In each of Problem (a) through (f), compute the dot product of the vectors and
the cosine of the angle between them. Also determine if they are orthogonal.

(a) i, 2i − 3j + k
(b) 2i − 6j + k, i − j
(c) −4i − 2j + 3k, 6i − 2j − k
(d) 8i − 3j + 2k, −8i − 3j + k
(e) i − 3k, 2j + 6k
(f) i + j + 2k, i − j + 2k

Solution:
√
(a) F.G = 2; cos(θ) = 2/ 14; not orthogonal
√ √
(c) F.G = −23; cos(θ) = −23/ 29 41; not orthogonal

(e) F.G = −18; cos(θ) = −9/10; not orthogonal

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11. In each of Problem (a) through (f), compute F × G and, independently , G × F ,
verifying that one is the negative of the other. Use the dot product to compute
the cosine of the angle θ between F and G and use this to determine sin θ. Then
calculate |F ||G| sin θ and verify that this gives kF × Gk.

(a) F = −3i + 6j + k, G = −i − 2j + k.
(b) F = 6i − k, G = j + 2k.
(c) F = 2i − 3j + 4k, G = −3i + 2j.
(d) F = 8i + 6j, G = 14j.
(e) F = 5i + 3j + 4k, G = 20i + 6k.
(f) F = 2k, G = 8i − j.

Solution:
√ √ √ √
(a) 8i + 2j + 12k; −4/ 69; 53/ 69; 2 53
√ √ √ √ √ √
(c) −8i − 12j − 5k; −12/ 29 13; 233/ 29 13; 233
√ √ √ √ √ √
(e) 18i + 50j − 60k; 62/5 2 109; 1606/5 2 109; 2 1606

12. Let A=2i-j+3k , B=2i-2j-3k and C= 3i+ 2j- 4k. Find

(a) |A|.
(b) |A + B|.
(c) 3|A| + 2|B| + 4|C|




13. Given u= 1, 1, 1 ,v= − 1, 2, 3 and w= 0, 3, 4 . Find

(a) u+v.
(b) 2u-v.
(c) u+v-w

14. Given u=2i-3j+k ,v=i+5j-2k and w= 3i-4j+3k.

(a) Find the magnitude of the vector z=u-2v+3w


(b) What are the direction cosines of z.

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15. Determine α such that the vectors 3i + j and αj − k has the same magnitude.

16. If the position vectors of the points P and Q are i+3j-7k and 5i-2j+4k respec-
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tively, find P Q and determine its length and direction cosines.




17. Given the vectors u= 1, −1, 2 ,v= − 2, 0, 2 and w= 3, 2, 1 .Evaluate

(a) u · v
(b) v · w
(c) (u + v) · w
(d) u · (2v + 3w)

18. Find the angle between the vectors P =-2i+3j-k and Q =.

19. Let A=i-3j+5k, B=2i+j-2k and C=3i-j+2k. Find

(a) A × B
(b) A × (B − C)
(c) A × (B + C)
(d) (A × B) × C
(e) A · (B × C)

20. If F = x2 i + (3x + 2)j + sinxk, find


dF
(a) dx
d2 F
(b) dx2
(c) | dF
dx
|
d
(d) dx
(F.F)
d
(e) dx
(F × F)

21. If A = x2 yi + (xy + yz)j + xz 2 k and φ = 3x2 y + xyz − 4y 2 z 2 − 3,find

(a) ∇φ
(b) ∇ · A
(c) ∇ × A
(d) grad div A

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(e) curl curl A
(f) div grad φ
(g) curl grad φ

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