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Section exercises

Verbal

What are the characteristics of the letters that are commonly used to represent vectors?

lowercase, bold letter, usually u , v , w

How is a vector more specific than a line segment?

What are i and j , and what do they represent?

They are unit vectors. They are used to represent the horizontal and vertical components of a vector. They each have a magnitude of 1.

What is component form?

When a unit vector is expressed as a , b , which letter is the coefficient of the i and which the j ?

The first number always represents the coefficient of the i , and the second represents the j .

Algebraic

Given a vector with initial point ( 5 , 2 ) and terminal point ( 1 , 3 ) , find an equivalent vector whose initial point is ( 0 , 0 ) . Write the vector in component form a , b .

Given a vector with initial point ( 4 , 2 ) and terminal point ( 3 , 3 ) , find an equivalent vector whose initial point is ( 0 , 0 ) . Write the vector in component form a , b .

7 , 5

Given a vector with initial point ( 7 , 1 ) and terminal point ( 1 , 7 ) , find an equivalent vector whose initial point is ( 0 , 0 ) . Write the vector in component form a , b .

For the following exercises, determine whether the two vectors u and v are equal, where u has an initial point P 1 and a terminal point P 2 and v has an initial point P 3 and a terminal point P 4 .

P 1 = ( 5 , 1 ) , P 2 = ( 3 , 2 ) , P 3 = ( 1 , 3 ) , and P 4 = ( 9 , 4 )

not equal

P 1 = ( 2 , 3 ) , P 2 = ( 5 , 1 ) , P 3 = ( 6 , 1 ) , and P 4 = ( 9 , 3 )

P 1 = ( 1 , 1 ) , P 2 = ( 4 , 5 ) , P 3 = ( 10 , 6 ) , and P 4 = ( 13 , 12 )

equal

P 1 = ( 3 , 7 ) , P 2 = ( 2 , 1 ) , P 3 = ( 1 , 2 ) , and P 4 = ( 1 , 4 )

P 1 = ( 8 , 3 ) , P 2 = ( 6 , 5 ) , P 3 = ( 11 , 8 ) , and P 4 = ( 9 , 10 )

equal

Given initial point P 1 = ( 3 , 1 ) and terminal point P 2 = ( 5 , 2 ) , write the vector v in terms of i and j .

Given initial point P 1 = ( 6 , 0 ) and terminal point P 2 = ( 1 , 3 ) , write the vector v in terms of i and j .

7 i 3 j

For the following exercises, use the vectors u = i + 5 j , v = −2 i − 3 j ,  and w = 4 i j .

Find u + ( v w )

Find 4 v + 2 u

6 i 2 j

For the following exercises, use the given vectors to compute u + v , u v , and 2 u − 3 v .

u = 2 , 3 , v = 1 , 5

u = 3 , 4 , v = 2 , 1

u + v = 5 , 5 , u v = 1 , 3 , 2 u 3 v = 0 , 5

Let v = −4 i + 3 j . Find a vector that is half the length and points in the same direction as v .

Let v = 5 i + 2 j . Find a vector that is twice the length and points in the opposite direction as v .

10 i 4 j

For the following exercises, find a unit vector in the same direction as the given vector.

a = 3 i + 4 j

b = −2 i + 5 j

2 29 29 i + 5 29 29 j

c = 10 i j

d = 1 3 i + 5 2 j

2 229 229 i + 15 229 229 j

u = 100 i + 200 j

u = −14 i + 2 j

7 2 10 i + 2 10 j

For the following exercises, find the magnitude and direction of the vector, 0 θ < 2 π .

0 , 4

6 , 5

| v | = 7.810 , θ = 39.806 °

2 , −5

−4 , −6

| v | = 7.211 , θ = 236.310°

Given u = 3 i − 4 j and v = −2 i + 3 j , calculate u v .

Given u = − i j and v = i + 5 j , calculate u v .

6

Given u = 2 , 4 and v = 3 , 1 , calculate u v .

Given u = 1 , 6 and v = 6 , 1 , calculate u v .

12

Graphical

For the following exercises, given v , draw v , 3 v and 1 2 v .

2 , −1

−1 , 4

−3 , −2

For the following exercises, use the vectors shown to sketch u + v , u v , and 2 u .

Plot of vectors u and v extending from the same origin point. In terms of that point, u goes to (1,1) and v goes to (-1,2).
Plot of u+v, u-v, and 2u based on the above vectors. In relation to the same origin point, u+v goes to (0,3), u-v goes to (2,-1), and 2u goes to (2,2).
Plot of vectors u and v extending from the same origin point. In terms of that point, u goes to (1,2) and v goes to (1,-1).
Plot of vectors u and v located head to tail. Take u's start point as the origin. In terms of that, u goes from the origin to (3,-2), and v goes from (3,-2) to (2,-3)
Plot of vectors u+v, u-v, and 2u based on the above vectors.Given that u's start point was the origin, u+v starts at the origin and goes to (2,-3); u-v starts at the origin and goes to (4,-1); 2u goes from the origin to (6,-4).

For the following exercises, use the vectors shown to sketch 2 u + v .

Plot of the vectors u and v extending from the same point. Taking that base point as the origin, u goes from the origin to (3,1) and v goes from the origin to (2,-2).
Plot of the vectors u and v extending from the same point. Taking that base point as the origin, u goes from the origin to (1,-2) and v goes from the origin to (-3,-2).
Plot of a single vector. Taking the start point of the vector as (0,0) from the above set up, the vector goes from the origin to (-1,-6).

For the following exercises, use the vectors shown to sketch u − 3 v .

Plot of the vectors u and v extending from the same point. Taking that base point as the origin, u goes from the origin to (-4,0) and v goes from the origin to (1,-1).
Plot of the vectors u and v extending from the same point. Taking that base point as the origin, u goes from the origin to (1,2) and v goes from the origin to (-2,1).
Vector extending from the origin to (7,5), taking the base as the origin.

For the following exercises, write the vector shown in component form.

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Source:  OpenStax, Essential precalculus, part 2. OpenStax CNX. Aug 20, 2015 Download for free at http://legacy.cnx.org/content/col11845/1.2
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