Alexandria University Faculty of Engineering Mechanical Engineering Department

First Year 2013

Vector Analysis Sheet (1) Vectors &Scalars Dot &Cross Product

1) If A 3i 4 j 5k , B 2i 3k find:
A , B , 2 A 3B , A B

2) Find the terminal point of the vector i 3 j k if its initial point is (1, 4,-1). 3) Given A 3i 4 k , B 12 j 5k find a unit vector in the direction of: i. A ii. B iii. ( A B) iv. ( B A) 4) Given A 3i 4 j ck determine a scalar c so that
A 13

5) Find a vector v of magnitude (2) and which is parallel to A 6i 3 j 2k in the opposite direction. 6) Find a vector of magnitude (2) and making an angle of 45 with the x-axis and an angle of 60 with the y-axis.

7) i. ii. iii. iv. v. vi.

If A 2i 3 j 4k , B i 2 j 5k , C 3i 6 j k , find:
A C, A B (A C ) (A C ) A B,C B C B A (C B / A C ) A A (B C )

8) Determine a scalar c so that the given vectors are orthogonal:

A ci 0.5 j ck , B 3i 4 j ck

9) i. ii. iii. iv. v.

Given A i 3 j 2k , B i j k , C 2i 6 j 9k , find: the angle between B and 2C 3A the component of A B in the direction of C the projection of A in the direction normal to B a unit vector n in direction normal to both B and C the projection of A in the direction of n

10) For the vectors a i 3 j 2k , b i j k , c 4i 3 j 2k ,

Find the projection of b c on a

11) Verify that the vector C B
A B A is orthogonal to | A |2

12) Show that: ( A B) ( A B) 2B A and ( A B) ( A B) | A | 2 | B | 2 13) Prove that | A B |2 | A | 2 | B |2 ( A B) 2 14) Prove that if ( A C ) B 0 then A ( B C ) ( A B ) C 15) Find the area of the triangle whose vertices are (1,2,4), (1,-1,3) and (-1,-1,2) 16) Find the value of the constant so that the following vectors lie in the same plane: A ( 1)i j k , B 6 j 12k , C 8i j 6k . 17) Determine whether the vectors 4i 6 j, 2i 6 j 6k and 5i 6 j k are coplanar 18) Prove that (2 A 3B) (3B C ) C 6[ ABC ] 19) Prove that if A ai bj ck , then i ( A i ) j ( A j) k ( A k ) 2 A 20) Given A i j k , B 2i 3k , C j 2k , prove that:
A ( B C ) (C A) B 4 j 11k

21) Prove the following: i. ( A B ) ( A C ) ( A B ) 0 ii. A [ A ( A B )] ( A A) ( B A)