BHARTI VISHWAVIDYALAYA, DURG

Class : B.Sc. ( Honours ) – I Semester

Subject -Vector Analysis and Geometry

1Find the value of the scalar triple product a . (b x c)

2. If O is the origin and a , b , c are the position vectors of A, B, C respectively g then find the
volume of the tetrahedron OABC .
3. Find the Value of a x (b x c) .

4. If a, b, c are non-zero vectors and (a x b) x c - a x (b x c) then find its positions in triangle.

5. Find the Value of i x j x k.

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6 Determine the magnitude of the vector: → 𝑎 = 3𝑖 − 2𝑗 + 6𝑘 .
7 Compute the vector’s magnitude: 5i – 4j + 2k.
8 Prove that the given point A, B, C are collinear using vector method:

A(6,−7,−1), B(2,−3,1) and C(4,−5,0).

9 Determine the vector joining the points A(2,3,0) and B(-1, -2, -4) directed from A to B.

10 Determine the position vector of the midpoint of the vector that joins the points P(2, 3, 4) and

Q(4, 1, -2).

11 Find the angle between side AC and side AB of a triangle ABC. Coordinates of the vertices
A,B,C are (1 + 2√3, 1, 2) ,(1,1,2) , (1,3,2) respectively

12 A solid sphere is rotating with an angular velocity 30 r.p.m. about a fixed axis MN. Position
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vectors of the points M and N of the sphere are(𝑖 + 2𝑗 + 2𝑘 m and (4𝑖 + 5𝑗 + 6𝑘 )m
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respectively. There is an insect at a point ( 2𝑖 − 2𝑗 + 5𝑘)m on the surface of the sphere.
Calculate the speed of the insect.

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13 A field 𝐹⃗ is given by 𝐹⃗ = 𝑥 2 𝑗 Calculate curl 𝐹⃗ .

𝑎𝑟⃗
14 If electrostatic field 𝐸⃗⃗= 𝑟3
, then find curl𝐸⃗⃗ where a is constant.

15 Find the location of the point (1,1,1) in cylindrical and spherical coordinate systems.
16 Derive the expressions for the distance between two points in the cylindrical and
spherical coordinate systems.
17 17Evaluate the transformation relationship between cylindrical to spherical coordinate
system.
18 Find the total work done in moving a particle in a force field given by
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𝐹 = 3𝑥𝑦𝑖 − 5𝑦𝑗 + 10𝑥𝑘 along the curve 𝑥 = 𝑡 2 + 1, 𝑦 = 2𝑡 2 , 𝑧 = 𝑡 3 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑡 = 1 𝑡𝑜 𝑡 = 2.
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19 Find the flux of the vector field 𝐴 = (𝑥 − 2𝑧)𝑖 + (𝑥 + 3𝑦 + 𝑧)𝑗 + (5𝑥 + 𝑦)𝑘 through
the upper side of the triangle ABC with vertices at the points A(1, 0, 0), B(0, 1, 0) and
C(0, 0, 1).

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20 Evaluate the value of    V div 𝐹⃗ dV where 𝐹⃗ = 4𝑥𝑖 − 2𝑗 + 𝑧 2 𝑘 and V is the region
bounded by 𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 = 4; 𝑧 = 0 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑧 = 3.