Homework02

Username: Total: Posted: Due: rich-circled 150 possible marks 2011-08-31 11:50 2011-09-08 09:00

1. (10 marks) Let a = 4, 3, 6 and b = 6, 2, 1 . Find the following. (a) a + b (b) 3a 5b (c) |5a| (d) |a b| a+b= 3a 5b = |5a| = |a b| = 2. (10 marks) Find the unit vector in the direction of the vector 4, 5, 5 . The unit vector in the direction of 4, 5, 5 is 3. (10 marks) If v lies in the rst quadrant and makes an angle |v| = 12, nd v in component form. v= 4. (10 marks) A quaterback throws a football with angle of elevation 52 and speed 65 ft/s. Find the horizontal and vertical components of the velocity vector. The horizontal velocity of the football is The vertical velocity of the football is 5. (10 marks) Let a = 4i 7j + 6k and b = 6i + 5j 5k. Find a b. ab= 6. (10 marks) Find the direction angles of the vector (5, 8, 6). (Give the direction angles correct to the nearest degree.) = = = 1
5

with the positive x-axis and

7. (10 marks) Find the scalar projection and vector projection of b = 2, 9, 1 onto a = 9, 10, 5 . compa b = proja b = 8. (10 marks) For what value of s are the vectors (2, 7, 5) and (2, 10, s) orthogonal? s= 9. (10 marks) If a vector has direction angles = 37 and = 81 nd, correct to the nearest degree, the third direction angle . = 10. (10 marks) Find the distance from the point P (9, 4) to the line 5x + 2y 10 = 0. The distance from the point to the line is: 11. (10 marks) Given vectors u and v. Suppose that u + v and u v are orthogonal and |u| = 5. Find |v|. v = 12. (10 marks) Let a = 10, 4, 6 and b = 4, 1, 9 . Find a b. ab= 13. (10 marks) Let a = 1, 3, 5 and b = 2, 6, 10 . Find a b. ab= 14. (10 marks) The thrust of an airplanes engines produces a speed of 450 mph in still air. The wind velocity is given by (9, 2). In what direction should the airplane head to y due south? Give your answer as an angle from due south rounded to three signicant digits. The angle from due south is 15. (10 marks) A paperboy is riding at 7 ft/s on a bicycle and tosses a paper over his left shoulder at 19 ft/s. If the porch is 33 ft off the road, how far up the street should the paperboy release the paper to hit the porch? The paperboy should release the paper

Solutions:
1. (a) (10, 1, 7) (b) (18, 19, 13) (c) 5 61 (d) 3 6 2.
2 33

5 5 66, 66 66, 66 66
1 5

3.

3 5 + 3, 12 sin

4. The horizontal velocity of the football is 65 cos The vertical velocity of the football is 65 sin 5. a b = 41 6. = 117 = 44 = 58 7. compa b = proja b = 8. s= 9. = 54 10. d=
63 29 74 5 13 45

ft/s.

13 45

ft/s.

113 206 206 ( 1017 , 565 , 565 ) 206 103 206

29 3

11. |v| = 5 12. a b = (30, 114, 26) 13. Note, that b = 2a. Therefore, a b = (0, 0, 0). 14. Let the airplanes velocity vector be v = (x, y ). The effective velocity u will be given by u = (x 9, y 2). In order to y due south, that is in the direction (0, 1) we should have u = (0, s) for some s < 0. This implies x 9 = 0, or x = 9. Since the airplanes speed is 450 mph, we must have 450 = |v| = x2 + y 2 = (9)2 + y 2 . Therefore y = 63 51. Note that we choose the negative square root since y -component of the velocity vector v is negative. Now compute the angle between the vectors 9, 63 51 and (0, 1). Do not forget that a positive direction is counted counterclockwise. The angle will be given by = arctan 15. The velocity vector of the paper is given by (19, 7). Place the origin into the point where the paper is released. Then, for some time t the following should hold: t (19, 7) = (33, y ). Therefore, and y = 7t = 231 ft. t = 33 19 19
9 63 51

= 1.146 degrees.