DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

School of Engineering & Architecture

INSTRUCTIONS: Saint Louis University – Baguio City
Read carefully the instructions below.
1. Solve each problem in this booklet by showing your complete, detailed, and organized CLASS NUMBER
solutions. Enclose all final answers and attached the appropriate units, if necessary.
2. Final numerical answers must be accurate to 4 decimal places.
3. Do not use pencil. Scrap or extra loose pages are not allowed unless you are granted
permission by your instructor to use them.
4. CHEATING is strictly prohibited. If you’re caught cheating, your score in this activity will
automatically be ZERO.
5. The letter of your choice in each problem must be written in capital letters in the table for
SUMMARY OF ANSWERS found in the front page of this booklet. No erasures allowed.
6. Make sure that the corresponding value of the letter of your choice written in the SUMMARY
of ANSWERS must MATCH or ALMOST MATCHED with your computed value as shown
in your solution and final answer.
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7. If your solution is incomplete or/and if you’re unable to provide a final answer in a Date: 
particular problem, or your computed value is far or very different from the choices, just Month Day Year 

write capital X in the table for SUMMARY OF ANSWERS found in the front page of this
booklet. Do not leave any space in the table. SUMMARY of ANSWERS
8. Give your best and good luck! Use CAPITAL LETTERS only. Black or Blue ink

No. ANSWER No. ANSWER No. ANSWER No. ANSWER

1 B 3 A 5 C 16

2 B 4 C 12 17

ACTIVITY: Prelim Quiz 1

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COVERAGE:
1. Vectors
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2. Operation on Vectors
3. Dot Product
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4. Cross Product
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NAME: _______________________________________________________
Last Name First Name MI

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ID Number: ______________________
TLO Assessed Class Code: 4019
Subject: ENGGPHYS | TThS | 8:30-9:30 | P106
Instructor: R. A. ACOSTA
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Distribution of points: 10 points each 5. Find the CROSS PRODUCT A  B of the vectors in Problem No. 4.
1. Given the following vectors, determine the magnitude and direction of the resultant vector. A. 11i  2 j  7k C. 5i  10 j  25k *
Use component method.
  B. 11i  2 j  7k D. 5i  10 j  25k
P  45 m , S 40o W ; R  100 m , N 15o W
 
Q  80 m , 65o S of E ; S  75 ft , 90o 
A. 67.9421 m, 108.00o C. 80.1225 ft., 108.00o A  3i  4 j  k

B. 24.4276 m, 149.27o * D. 222.8501 ft., 149.27o B  4i  3 j  2k
i j k i j
 
A  B  3 4 1 3 4  8i  4 j  9k  16k  3i  6 j
4 3 2 4 3
 
A  B  5i  10 j  25k

 R x  100 sin15o  45 sin 40o  80 cos 65o  20.9979 meters

 R y  22.8659  100cos15o  45 cos 40o  80 sin 65o  12.4819 meters

R   20.9979   12.4819   24.4276 meters
2 2

12.4819
  Tan1  149.27o
20.9979

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4. The angle between 2 vectors A and B is 94.1769o. Given the two vectors
 
A  ai  4 j  k and B  4i  aj  2k , find the value of a. Use DOT PRODUCT.
A. Between – 2.2 and 0.1 C. Between 2.3 and 4.5 *
B. Between 0.1 and 2.3 D. Above 4.5

   
A  B  A B cos   A xBx  A yBy  A zBz

A  a2   4    1  a 2  17
2 2


B  42  a 2  22  a 2  20

a 2  17  a 2  20 cos  94.1769   a  4    4  a    1 2 

a 4  37a 2  340  27.4589
a 4  37a 2  340  753.9917
a 4  37a 2  413.9917  0
a 2  45.9998 ; a2  8.9998
a  3 ; Use a  3

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2. Given the following vectors: 3. Given

3 vectors:

A  ai  2c  2 j  k  A  30 m , 40o N of E
 
B  ci  2aj  bk B  40 m , 30o W of N

 C  unknown
C  2b  2i  j  3ak
If the equilibrant of the three vectors is 70.9983 m , E 37.7902o S , find the
where: i, j, k are unit vectors and a, b, c are constants. 
   magnitude and direction of vector C.
If A  B  C  5i  16 j  14k , find the sum of (a + b + c).
A. 60 m, W 10o S * C. 60 m, S 10o W
A. 5 C. 3 B. 80 m, W 10o S D. 80 m, S 10o W
B. 4 * D. 2

   
a  c  4b  5 ------------------- 1 R  A BC
  
4c  2a  2b  16 -------------- 2 but: R  E ; where E = equilibrant
   
2c  b  3a  14 ------------ 3 E  A  B  C
   
Solving the 3 equations simultaneously;
a  3 ; b  1 ; c2

C   A BE 
a  b  c  3   1  2  4 
CX   30cos 40o  40 cos 60o  70.9983 cos 37.7902o  59.0884 m 
CY    30 sin 40 o

 40 sin60o  70.9983 sin37.7902o  10.4189 m

 59.0884    10.4189   59.9999 or 60 meters
2 2
C 
10.4189
C  Tan1  10o
59.0884
Note: must be in the 3rd quadrant, thus, the correct value is
C  10o  180o  190o
W 10o S

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