Vector Calculus

Homework set 1 North Seattle Community College Fall 2011

1. Let u1 = (1, 1) (a) Find c1 , c2 and u2 = (1, 1) such that you can write the vector b = (3, 1) as b = c1 u1 + c2 u2 (b) Repeat part (a) for the vector b = (3, 5) (c) Shat that any vector b = (b1 , b2 ) can be written as c1 u1 + c2 u2 for appropriate c1 , c2 2. Give a set of parametric equations for the following lines. (a) The line in (b) The line in (c) The line in
3 3 4

through the point (2, -1, 5) that is parallel to the vector (1, 3, -6). that goes through the points (1, 4, 5) and (2, 4, -1) that goes through the point (1, 2, 0, 4) and is parallel to the vector (-2, 5, 3, 7).

3. Show that the two sets of equtions x2 y1 z = = 3 7 5 represent the same line in
3

and

x+1 y+6 z+5 = = 6 14 10

4. Find where the line given parametrically by the set of equations x = 3t 5 intersects the plane x + 3y z = 19 5. Find the points where the line given by x = 2t 3 y = 3t + 2 z=5t y=2t z = 6t

intersect each of the coordinate planes x = 0, y = 0, and z = 0. 6. Does the line given by x=5t intersect the plane x 3y + z = 1?. Explain. 7. Use vectors to show that the diagonals of a parallelogram have the same length if and only if the parallelogram is a rectangle. y = 2t 3 z = 7t + 1

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8. Show that for any vectors a, b

the vectors and v = |b| a |a| b

u = |b| a + |a| b are perpendicular. 9. (a) If a

2

is a xed vector, describe geometrically the set of vectors {u

2

| (u a) u = 0 }

(b) If a

is a xed vector, describe geometrically the set of vectors {u

3

| (u a) u = 0 }

10. An airplane is at position (3, 4, 5) at noon and is traveling with velocity vector v = (400, 500, 1) km/hr. The pilot knows there is an airport at the position (23, 29, 0). (a) At what time will the airplane pass exactly above the airport? (Assume the Earth is at). (b) What will be the height of the airplane at that moment?

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