Chapter 4: VECTOR Problem Set
1. Consider the following parallelogram. Set u = AB and v = AD .
Determine: a. u + v
B
b. u v
2. Given the following vectors:
u
Determine: a. 2 u b. u + 5 v c. 3 v d. e. 2u
1 w 2
1 w 2 f. u + 3 v + 2 w g. 2 u 3 v h. 2 u v + w
3. Let the vectors u and v such that the norm of u is 4 cm and the norm of v is 6 cm. given that the angle between the two vectors is 60, then the norm of u + v is ...
4. Let u and v be the unit vectors and formed an angle of 30. Determine: a. |3 u | c. |3 u + 2 v |
b. |2 v |
d. |3 u v |
5. For the following points, draw their position vectors, and determine the length and the direction. a. (1, 1) c. ( 3 , 1)
b. (2, - 2 3 )
d. (3 3 , 3)
6. Consider the following vectors u = (6, 2, 1), v = (3, 5, 9), w = (- 3, 0, 4) . Find: a. 5 u c. 3 u v + 5 w
b. 4 v + 6 w
d. u + 2 v w
7. Let u = 3 i 4 j + k , v = 5 i + 2 j 6 k and w = j 2 k . Then find: a.
u +v + w
d. u (2 v + 4 w )
b. ( u 2 v ) + 4 w
e. 5 u 2 w
8. Given that u = (4, b) and v = (2a + b, 2), find a and b such that u = 2 v .
9. Consider u = (2, 1, 3). a. Find | u |. c. Determine
u |u |
b. Find the norm of
u . |u |
10. Given that A(1, 2, 0), B(1, 1, 1) and C(2, 4, 1) are vertices of a triangle, prove that it is an isosceles triangle.
11. Draw a line segment such that: a. Point P divides segment RS such that RP : PS = 1: 3
b. Point C divides segment AB such that AC : CB = 2 : 4
12.
Let A(2, 3) and B(4, 1). Find P such that AP : PB = 2 :3
13. Given the following information, find u v . a. | u | = 5 dan | v | = 2, = 30 c. | u | = 4 dan | v | = 8, = 90
b. | u | = 3 dan | v | = 6 , = 225
d. | u | = 4 dan | v | = 8, = 135
14. For the following vectors, find u v . a.
u = (1, 2), v = (3, 4)
c. u = (4, 8, 9), v = ( 7, 4, 5)
b.
u = (2, 5), v = (1, 1)
d. u =(3, 1, 5), v = (4, 6, 3)
15. Determine whether the following vectors are perpendicular! a. u = (1, 6), v = (6, 1) c. u = (8, 4, 6), v = (2, 2, 4)
b.
u = (7, 2), v = (2, 4)
d. u = (6, 8, 5), v = (2, 4, 3)
16. Determine whether the following vectors form an acute, obtuse, or right angle. a. u = (9, 2), v = (13, 1) c. u = (2, 10, 3), v =(6, 0, 4)
b.
u = (3, 8), v = (1, 5)
d. u = (5, 2, 1), v = (7, 3, 4)
17. Find x so that (2x, 4) and (1, 3) are perpendicular.
18. Find all possible values for k such that (k, 1, 1) and (k, k, 6) are perpendicular.
19. Find the orthogonal projection of u onto a if: a. u = (4, 6) dan a = (2, 1) c. u = (1, 3, 5) dan a = (2, 1, 1)
b.
u = (3, 7) dan a = (2, 5)
d. u = (5, 6, 1) dan a = (3, 0,5)
20. Find the length of vectors obtained in question 19!
21. Suppose that the angle between a = (1, 1, 2) and b = (2, 4, x ) is 45. If the length of the orthogonal projection of a onto b is 2, find x.
22. Given that u = (2, 2) and a = (3, 0), find the orthogonal projection of u onto a and the orthogonal projection of a onto u .
