Activité 1 page 308

• Objectif : Découvrir le produit scalaire dans l’espace.

1. a) Ils sont sur une face du cube.
b) ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗
𝐴𝐷 ⋅ ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗
𝐴𝐻 = ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗
𝐴𝐷 ⋅ ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗
𝐴𝐷 = 𝐴𝐷 2 = 𝑎² D est le projeté de H sur (AD).

2.
 Dans le plan (BDH)
⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ ⋅ 𝐵𝐻
𝐵𝐷 ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ = 𝐵𝐷
⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ ⋅ 𝐵𝐷
⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ = 𝐵𝐷2 = 2𝑎², D est le projeté de H sur (BD)

 ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ 𝐵𝐹 = ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗
𝐴𝐺 ⋅ ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ 𝐴𝐺 ⋅ ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗
𝐴𝐸
Dans le plan (AGE)
⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ 𝐵𝐹 = ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗
𝐴𝐺 ⋅ ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ 𝐴𝐺 ⋅ ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗
𝐴𝐸 = ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗
𝐴𝐸 ⋅ ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗
𝐴𝐸 = 𝐴𝐸 2 = 𝑎², E est le projeté de G sur (EA)
 𝐵𝐹 ⋅ ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗
⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ 𝑃𝐺 = ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗
𝐶𝐺 ⋅ ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗
𝑃𝐺
Dans le plan (CGP)
𝐵𝐹 ⋅ ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗
⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ 𝑃𝐺 = ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗
𝐶𝐺 ⋅ ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ ⋅ (−𝐺𝑃
𝑃𝐺 = −𝐺𝐶 ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ ) = ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗
𝐺𝐶 ⋅ ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗
𝐺𝑃 = ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗
𝐺𝐶 ⋅ ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗
𝐺𝐶 = 𝐺𝐶 2 = 𝑎², C est le projeté de P sur (CG)
 ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗
𝐴𝐵 ⋅ ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗
𝐶𝐺 = ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗
𝐴𝐵 ⋅ ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗
𝐴𝐸
Dans le plan (ABE)
⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗
𝐴𝐵 ⋅ ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗
𝐶𝐺 = ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗
𝐴𝐵 ⋅ ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗
𝐴𝐸 = 0. Les vecteurs sont orthogonaux.

3. a) ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗
𝐴𝐷 ⋅ ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗
𝐴𝐶 = 𝐴𝐷2 = 𝑎², par projection
⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ ⋅ 𝐶𝑄
𝐴𝐷 ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ ⋅ 𝐶𝑄
⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ = 𝐵𝐶 ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ = −𝐶𝐵
⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ ⋅ 𝐶𝑄 ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ ⋅ (1 𝐶𝐵
⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ = −𝐶𝐵 ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ ) = − 1 𝐶𝐵 2 = − 1 𝑎² et
2 2 2

⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ ⋅ 𝐴𝑄
𝐴𝐷 ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ ⋅ (1 𝐴𝐷
⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ = 𝐴𝐷 ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ ) = 1 𝐴𝐷2 = 1 𝑎².
2 2 2

b) ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗
𝐴𝐷 ⋅ ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗
𝐴𝑄 = ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗
𝐴𝐷 ⋅ ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗
𝐴𝐶 + ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ = ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗
𝐴𝐷 ⋅ 𝐶𝑄 ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ +⋅ 𝐶𝑄
𝐴𝐷 ⋅ (𝐴𝐶 ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ )