Sadiku & Kulkarni Principles of Electromagnetics, 6e

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up W E
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uW
uz

P. E. 1.4
Using the dot product,
A B −13 13
cos θ AB = = =−
AB 10 65 50
θ AB = 120.66 

P. E. 1.5
(a) E F = ( E ⋅ a F )a F =
(E ⋅ F )F =
− 10(4,−10,5)
2
F 141
= − 0.2837a x + 0.7092a y − 0.3546a z
ax a y az
(b) E × F = 0 3 4 = (55,16,−12 )
4 − 10 5
a E ×F = ± (0.9398,0.2734,−0.205)

P. E. 1.6 a + b + c = 0 showing that a, b, and c form the sides of a triangle.

a ⋅ b = 0,
hence it is a right angle triangle.

1 1 1
Area = a×b = b×c = c×a
2 2 2
1 1 4 0 −1 1
a×b = = (3,−17,12)
2 21 3 4 2
1
Area = 9 + 289 + 144 = 10.51
2

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