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Tutorial 2 Vectors

This document is a tutorial on vectors, covering various mathematical operations and properties related to them. It includes exercises on finding lengths, angles, areas of geometric shapes, work done by forces, and determining orthogonality and linear combinations of vectors. Additionally, it addresses whether certain sets of vectors can span R3.

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Tutorial 2 Vectors

This document is a tutorial on vectors, covering various mathematical operations and properties related to them. It includes exercises on finding lengths, angles, areas of geometric shapes, work done by forces, and determining orthogonality and linear combinations of vectors. Additionally, it addresses whether certain sets of vectors can span R3.

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Tutorial 2: Vectors

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1. If , 1 and are vectors in
(a) Find the following
(i)
(ii) length of
(iii)
(iv) V 1 .¿ )
(v) Angle between vectors and

(vi)
6. Find the area of the parallelogram where and
.
7. Find the area of the triangle whose vertices are and
.
8. Find the norm of v, a unit vector that has the same directions as
vector B v and a unit vector oppositely directed to v.
(a)
(b)
(c)
9. Find the angles between the following pairs of vectors:
(a) and
(b) and

10. Which of the following vectors are parallel to

(a)

(b)

(c)
11. Find the value of if the following vectors are equivalent
and
12. A sled is pulled horizontally over ice by a rope attached to its
front. A 20 N force acting at an angle of 600 with the horizontal
moves the sled 100m. Find the work done.
13. Find the work done if the point at which the constant force
F=4i+3j+5k is applied to an object moves from P 1(3,1,-2) to
P2(2,4,6). Assume is measured in newtons and is measured in
meters.
14. Determine if the following vectors are orthogonal or not.
(a) and
(b) and ⟨ 2, 0 ,−3 ⟩
c) and
15. Consider the vectors

[] []
0 1
u= −2 and v= 3
2 −1

[]
3
(a) Show that w= 1 is a linear combination of u and v.
5

[]
0
¿
(b)Show that w = 4 is not a linear combination of u and v.
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16. In each part, determine whether the given vectors span R3.
( a ) v 1=⟨ 2 , 2 ,2 ⟩ , v 2= ⟨ 0 , 0 ,3 ⟩ , v 3=⟨ 0 , 1 , 1 ⟩
( b ) v 1=⟨ 2 ,−1, 3 ⟩ , v 2=⟨ 4 , 1 ,2 ⟩, v 3=⟨ 8.−1 ,8 ⟩

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