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Physics
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Vectors
DPP
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DPP1.1 - Vector Addition and subtraction
1. The maximum and minimum values of resultant of two vectors A and B are 16 units and 4
units. What are the magnitudes of A and B
2. Two vectors A and B are such that A B A B . What is angle between the vectors A and B ?
3. Two vectors A and B have magnitudes x each What should be angle between the two so that
their resultant A B also has the same magnitude x?
4. Two vectors A and B have some magnitudes x each. What should be angle between A and B
so that A B also have some magnitude x?
5. If A B C and A2 B 2 C 2 , What angle between A and B ?
6. If two vectors A and B have magnitude A B a and angle between A and B is : What is the
magnitude of their resultant A B ?
7. Two vectors A and B have equal magnitude a each and angle between A and B is , then what
is the magnitude of A B ?
8. Two vectors A B have magnitude in the ratio 3:5 incline to each other at angle 60 if the
magnitude of their resultant is 35, find magnitudes of A and B ?
9. The resultant of two vectors A and B is perpendicular to A, then what is the angle between
A and B ?
10. The Resultant of two vectors A and B is perpendicular to A, and the magnitude of resultant is
half the magnitude of B .What is the angle between A and B ?
11. Two Vectors A and B have equal magnitude a each and their resultant A B also has
magnitude a what is the magnitude of A B ?
12. When a vector A is added to another vector B of magnitude 5 unit the resultant is
perpendicular to A and has magnitude twice of A .What is the magnitude of A .
13. Two vectors A and B are inclined at angle of 60: their resultant makes an angle of 45with A . If
B 2 , What is magnitude of A ?
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14. If a b is perpendicular to b and a b a then what is angle between A and B ?
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15. The maximum and minimum magnitude of the resultant of two vectors A and B are 17 units
and 7 units. If the two vectors are perpendicular to each other, what is the magnitude of their
resultant?
16. The sum of magnitude of two vectors is 18 and the magnitude of their resultant is 12. if the
resultant is perpendicular to one of the vectors. What are the magnitudes of two vectors?
17. Two vectors A and B are inclined to each other at 120 if one of the vectors is reversed, the
resultant becomes 3 times the previous resultant what is the ratio A/B?
18. Two vectors A and B are inclined to each other at certain angle. When B is doubled, the new
resultant becomes perpendicular to A.
(a) What is angle between A and B (b) What is the magnitude of resultant A and B ?
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19. The resultant of two vectors have magnitude 20. One of the vectors is of magnitude 20 3 and
makes an angle of 30 with the resultant what is the magnitude of the other vector?
20. The resultant of P and Q is R .If Q is doubled R is doubled and when Q is reversed R is again
doubled. find the ration P: Q: R
21. If a, b and c are such that a b c =0 and a 7, b 5 and c 3 : then what is angle between
b and c ?
22. Given that A B C 0 Out of these vectors, the two are of equal magnitude and the
magnitude of the third is 2 times that of either of two having equal magnitude. What are
angle between vectors?
23. If the sum of two unit vectors is a unit vectors, then what is the magnitude of their difference?
24. Two forces while acting in opposite directions have the resultant of 10 N If they act right angle
to each other the resultant is found to be 50 N Find the two forces.
25. At what angle two vectors 2A and 2 A act so that the resultant id of magnitude 10A ?
26. Two vectors of magnitudes P and Q are incline at an angle . The magnitude of their resultant
is 3Q. when the inclination is charged 180-, the magnitude of the resultant becomes Q Find
the ratio P/Q.
27. In the shown figure express c in terms of A and B
28. If a vector A is rotated by very small angle , then what is the value of A ?
29. At what angle must the two forces x + y and x – y act so that their resultant may be x2 y 2 ?
30. ABCDEF is a regular hexagon what is the value of AB AC AD AE AF ? The centre of
hexagon is O?
ANSWER
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
10 units
& 90 120 60 90 2acos(/2) 2asin(/2) 15,25
6 units
9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Cos-1
150 a 3 5 3 1 30 13 5,13
(A/B)
17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
-1 90,135, 30N,
A/B = 1 Cos (A/2B), B 20 2: 3: 2 60 3
135 40N
25 26 27 28 29 30
(x y )
A
2 2
45 2 C B A cos 1 2
2( x y )
2 6AO
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DPP1.2 - Resolution of Vectors, Multiplication of Vectors
1. Add vectors A, B and C having magnitude 100 units each and inclined to the x-axis at angles
45, 135 and 315 respectively.
2. A vector A has magnitude 10 units if it makes angle 37 with x-axis. What are its components
along x and y-axis?
3. A vector A of magnitude 5 units makes an angle of 37 with y-axis express it in rectangular
component form.
4. If A 8, B C 4 & D 5 acting a point shown in figure what is the magnitude and direction
of then resultant?
5. A Particle undergoes four displacements as follows: 8 m east, 5 m at 37 with respect to east
towards north, 5 2 south west and 5m at 37 w.r.t north towards west. What is the net
displacement?
6. If A iˆ 2 ˆj 3kˆ and B 2iˆ ˆj 2kˆ are two vectors, then what are the values of A B and
A B ?
7. If A iˆ 2 ˆj kˆ and B 2iˆ ˆj 2kˆ from the adjacent sides of a parallelogram then find the two
diagonals in vector form.
8. Find a unit vector parallel to vector A 4iˆ 3 ˆj 5 3kˆ
9. Consider two vectors A iˆ ˆj kˆ and B 2iˆ 2 ˆj 2kˆ . Find a unit vector parallel to
(a) A B (b) A B
10. For what value of m, the given vector A 0.5iˆ mjˆ 0.5kˆ is a unit vector?
11. Two vectors A iˆ ˆj kˆ and B 2iˆ 2 ˆj 2kˆ form the adjacent sides of a parallelogram. What
are the lengths of its two diagonals?
12. In the shown figure if vectors A and B are A iˆ 2 ˆj 3kˆ and B 2iˆ ˆj 2kˆ , what is vector c ?
13. For what value of a , the vectors A 2iˆ ajˆ kˆ is perpendicular to B 4iˆ 2 ˆj 2kˆ ?
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14. If A 4iˆ 5 ˆj 6kˆ and B 3iˆ 6 ˆj 7 kˆ , what is the value of A B ?
15. Calculate the angle between the two vectors A iˆ ˆj kˆ and B 2iˆ 2 ˆj 2kˆ .
16. Find the vector that must be added to the vectors iˆ 3 ˆj 2kˆ and 3iˆ 6 ˆj 7kˆ so that the
resultant is a unit vector along y-axis
17. if a 5, b 4 and c 3 and a b c 0 then what will be the value of a b b c c a ?
18. When vector n̂ aiˆ bjˆ is perpendicular to iˆ ˆj , then what are the values of a and b?
19. Two vectors A 3iˆ 8 ˆj 2kˆ and B 6iˆ 16 ˆj xkˆ are such that component of B perpendicular
to A is zero. What is the value of x?
20. If A iˆ 2 ˆj 4kˆ and B 5iˆ represent two sides of a triangle then what are the possible values
of the length of third side of the triangle?
21. If a1 and a2 are two non-collinear unit vectors and if a1 a2 3 , then what is the value of
a1 a2 . 2a1 a2 ?
22. If A 2, B 3 and A B 3 , then what is the value of A 2 B 3 A 4 B ?
23. The x and y components of A are 7 and 6. Then x and y components of A B are 11 and 9
respectively. What is the magnitude of B ?
24. Calculate the value of A B if A 3i ˆj 2kˆ and B 2iˆ 2 ˆj 4kˆ
25. Consider two vectors A and B express as A 4iˆ 3 ˆj and B iˆ ˆj What is the component of
A along B ?
26. Two vectors are A 2iˆ ˆj kˆ and B iˆ 2 ˆj 2kˆ . What is the component of A along B ?
27. Consider two vectors A 2iˆ ajˆ kˆ and B 4iˆ 2 ˆj 2kˆ .If the component of A parallel to B is
zero: What is value of a?
28. If A iˆ ˆj kˆ and B 2iˆ 2 ˆj 2kˆ What is the projection of A along B ?
29. If A iˆ 2 ˆj kˆ and B 2iˆ ˆj 2kˆ are two vectors; find their cross product A B .
30. If the two vectors A iˆ 2 ˆj 3kˆ and B 2iˆ ˆj 2kˆ from the adjacent sides of a parallelogram.
What is area of parallelogram?
31. If A iˆ 2 ˆj kˆ and B 2iˆ ˆj 2kˆ are two sides of a triangle, what is the area of triangle?
32. Find a unit vector normal to the vectors A 2iˆ ˆj 2kˆ and B iˆ 2 ˆj kˆ .
33. What is the value of A B . A B ?
34. If A 2iˆ 3 ˆj 6kˆ and B 3iˆ 6 ˆj 2kˆ then vector perpendicular to both A and B having
magnitude k times that of 6iˆ 2 ˆj 3kˆ then what is value of K?
35. What is the magnitude of resultant of three vectors of magnitudes 1,2 and 3 whose direction
are those of an equilateral triangle taken in order?
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36. Consider the vectors A 2iˆ 3 ˆj 2kˆ, B 5iˆ ajˆ kˆ and C iˆ 2 ˆj 3kˆ . For what value of a
these vector are coplanar?
37. If a 3iˆ 5 ˆj and b 6iˆ 3 ˆj are two vectors and C is another vector such that C a b then
what is the value of a : b : c
38. If a, b and c are three vectors such that a 1, b 2 and c 3 and a b c 0 then find value of
a.b b.c c.a
39. If A 2iˆ 4 ˆj akˆ and B biˆ 2 ˆj 6kˆ for what values of a and b the two vectors are parallel?
ANSWER
1 2 3 4 5
100 unit at 45
8 unit, 6 unit A 3iˆ 4 ˆj 5 units, tan1(4/3) S 4iˆ 2 ˆj
with x-axis
6 7 8 9 10
iˆ ˆj kˆ
(a)
3iˆ ˆj kˆ, 3 ˆ 3 1
11, 35 0.4iˆ 0.3 ˆj k m
iˆ 3 ˆj 3kˆ 2 iˆ ˆj kˆ 2
(b)
3
11 12 13 14 15
3, 3 3 iˆ 3 ˆj 5kˆ
[a 3] [60] 180
16 17 18 19 20
4iˆ 2 ˆj 5kˆ 1 1 56, 6
[25] 2 , 2 [x = 4]
21 22 23 24 25
i ˆj
ˆ
[1/2] [64] [5] 8 3
2
26 27 28 29 30
2 ˆ ˆ ˆ
9 (i 2 j 2k ) [1/3] 3iˆ 4 ˆj 5kˆ 3 10
(a=3)
31 33 34 35
32
5 / 2 3iˆ 4 ˆj 5kˆ Zero 7 3
5 2
36 38 39
37
A = 18
34 : 45 : 39 7 12, 1
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