Roberto Holub

Mechanics

1-VECTOR ANALYSIS
1) Which of these is correct?
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)

=


+
=0

 =

 = 
 =


2) Which of the following identities is not valid?

a)
b)
c)
d)

 +  =
 + 

 +  =
 + 

 =


 =  


3) Which of the following statements are meaningless?

a)
b)
c)
d)

 + 2
= 0

 + 5 = 2



+  + 2 = 0


+ =0

4) Show that
  = 

5) If
= 10
4  + 6  and  = 2
+ , find:
a) The magnitude of 3
. Ans: 35,74
b) A unit vector along
+ 2. Ans: 0,91
0,13 + 0,39 
6) Given vectors
=
+ 3  and  = 5
+ 2  6 , determine:
a)
b)
c)
d)


+ . Ans: 7
5
. Ans: 0 ; 2 ; 21
The component of
along the !"#$. Ans: 0
A unit vector parallel to 3
+ . Ans: 0,912 ; 0,228 ; 0,342

7) Given vectors
= 3
+ 4  +  and  = 2
5 , find the angle between
and . Ans: 83,7
8) Three field quantities are given by:

Determine:
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
f)
g)

( = 2

) = 2
 + 2 
* = 2
3  + 

( + ) ( ). Ans: 2
+ 12  + 4 
) * (. Ans: 14
( ) *. Ans: 14
+,- . Ans: 36,7
( ) *. Ans: 2 ; 3 ; 4
A unit vector perpendicular to both ) and *. Ans: 0,745 ; 0,298 ; 0,596
The component of ( along ). Ans: 0,44
0,22  + 0,44 

9) Let
= 2
6  + 10  and  =
+ .  + 5 . If
and  have the same unit vector, find . . Ans: 3
10) Given
=
+ /  +  and  = /
+  +  . If
and  are perpendicular to each other, find /. Ans: 1/2
11) Let
= 2
+ 5  3  ,  = 3
4  and =
+  + .
a)
b)
c)
d)

Determine
+ 2. Ans: 8 ; 3 ; 3

Calculate 
5 . Ans: 8,54
For which values of 1 is 1 = 2? Ans: 0,4
Find 
/
. Ans: 0,857
+ 0,643  + 1,642 

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Roberto Holub

Mechanics

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12) If
= 2
+  3  ,  =   and = 3
+ 5  + 7 , determine:
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)

2 + . Ans: 5 ; 4 ; 6
4
+ . Ans: 5 ; 3 ; 23
2
3/ . Ans: 0,439
0,11  0,329 

 . Ans: 8
2


 3
+ 6. Ans: 1,167
0,708  0,708 
4

13) If
= 5
+ 3  + 2  ,  =
+ 4  + 6  and = 8
+ 2, find the values of / and 7 such that /
+ 7 + is parallel to the
axis. Ans: 12/7 and 4/7
14) Given vectors
= 2
6  + 3  and  =
+ 2  + , find:
a)
b)
c)

The scalar projection of
on . Ans: 2,8577

The vector projection of  on
. Ans: 0,2857
+ 0,8571  0,4286 
The angle between
and . Ans: 65,91

15) Calculate the angles that vector
= 3

+ 5  8  makes with the ",

and 8 axes. Ans: 72,36 ; 59,66 ; 143,91

16) The vertices of a triangle are located at
= 94; 1 ; 3:,  = 92; 5; 4: and = 90; 1; 6:. Find the three angles of the triangle
and check that their sum is 180. Ans: 73,47 ; 78,04 ; 28,48
17) Given the vector field
= " 
8  + 8  , determine the magnitude of
at point ( = 92; 1; 3:. Ans: 10,3
18) Use the dot product to prove that the diagonals of a rhombus are perpendicular.
19) Find the area of a triangle with vertices at points
= 93; 1 ; 2:,  = 91; 1; 3: and = 94; 3; 1:. Ans: 6,42
20) Find a vector equation for the straight line passing through
= 91 ; 3: and  = 94 ; 5:.
21) Given
= 2
+ 4  and  = 6 4  , find the angle between them using a) the cross product, b) the dot product. Ans: 41,9
22) Given ; = 9 1:
+ 2"  and  = 5
 + 2 , find:
a)
b)

; at 92 , 2, 1:. Ans:
+ 4 
Its projection on . Ans: 1/30

23) Express the unit vector which is directed toward the origin from an arbitrary point on the plane 8 = 5.