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Muatan Listrik dan Hukum Coulomb

Position and Distance Vectors


• If we have two position
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vectors,
 and rP , the
third r
vector
Q or distance
vector can be defined as
:- 
  
rPQ rPQ  rQ  rP

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Example 3: Position Vectors

Point P and Q are located at 0,2,4and



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 3,1,5
. Calculate:
(a) The position vector P
(b) The distance vector from P to Q
(c) The distance between P and Q

(d) A vector parallel to with magnitude of 10
PQ

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Solution to Example 3

(a) rP  0a x  2a y  4a z  2a y  4a z
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  
(b) rPQ  rQ  rP

  3,1,5  0,2,4
 3ax  a y  az

(c) Since rPQis a distance vector, the distance
between P and Q is the magnitude of this
distance vector.
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