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Chapter 1.muatan, Intensitas Medan Dan Hukum Coulomb
Chapter 1.muatan, Intensitas Medan Dan Hukum Coulomb
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
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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