Exercises (Cartesian Coordinate System and Vectors in R3 )

Mathematics 54 WFV2 & WFQ2

I. Exercises from the slides.

1. Locate the following points
i. (2, 4, 1)

ii. (3, 1, 2)

iii. (7, 2, 6)

iv. (2, 3, 4)

2. Let A(1, 5, 2), B(3, 2, 4) and C(4, 1, 3). Find

i. the midpoint of DC where D is the midpoint of AB;

ii. a point in the z-axis that is equidistant to both A and B;
iii. the sphere centered at C, containing B.

3. Define ~v as the vector from (3, 1, 2) to (1, 5, 2). Find k~v k and its direction cosines.
4. If ~u = h2, 3, 1i, ~v = h1, 0, 1i and w
~ = h1, 3, 2i, find:
i. 2~u ~v
ii. ~u ~v + w
~
iii. w
~ (0.5~u + 1.5~v )

II. Additional exercises.

1. Find the length and midpoint of the line segment with the following endpoints.
i. (3, 2, 5) and (7, 2, 2)

ii. (1, 0, 9) and (1, 1, 7)

iii. (2, 4, 1) and (0, 6, 5)

2. Find the standard equation of the sphere having the following properties.
i. center at (6, 1, 0) and radius 5
ii. endpoints of a diameter: (8, 7, 2) and (4, 11, 5)
iii. center at (5, 3, 4); tangent to the yz-plane

3. Find the center and radius of the following spheres.

i. x2 + y 2 + z 2 + 10x 24y = 0

ii. 4x2 + 4y 2 + 4z 2 + 24x 56y 8z + 11 = 0

4. Find the components, magnitude, and direction angles of the vectors having the following initial and
terminal points.

i. inital point A(2, 1, 3) and terminal point B(5, 1, 0)

ii. inital point A( 2, 9, 3) and terminal point B(3 2, 7, 1)

iii. inital point A(0, 5, 8) and terminal point B(2, 1, 1)
iv. inital point A(11, 2, 7) and terminal point B(1, 2, 10)

5. The vector ~v and its initial point are given. Find the terminal point.
i. ~v = h5, 8, 0i, initial point (4, 3, 2)

initial point (0, 6, 5)

ii. ~v = 3 + 7
k,

6. Let ~u = h2, 1, 5i, ~v = h1, 8, 4i, and w

~ = h9, 12, 0i. Find:
i. ~u + ~v w
~
ii. 4~u + 2~v + 3w
~
1
iii. 5~u w
~
4w
~
iv.
kwk
~

v. the vector twice the length of ~v and in the same direction as ~v

vi. the vector of length 2 and in the direction opposite to that of ~v