VectorOperationsWorksheet

Question1:
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Positionvectorsfora,b,andc aregivenasa = , b = , and c = .
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Drawscaledrepresentationsoftheresultantof:
(i) u = 1
a + b
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(ii)u = a 2b + c
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Question2:
Considerthevectorsa,b,andcbelowdrawnonasetofgeographicalaxes:

(i)

(ii)

a
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b
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(iii)

20
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Drawvectordiagramstoillustrateeachofthefollowingvectoroperations:
(a)

a+b

(b)2a+2b (c)2(a+b)(d)a+3c (e) cb

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Question3:
Writeeachofthefollowingdisplacementvectorsintermsofthe
uuur
uuur
uuur
positionvectorsa = OA, b = OB and c = OC (thisquestionisNot
relatedtotheabovequestions):
uuur
uuur uuur
(a) AB (For example = OB - OA = b - a)
uuur
(b)CB
uuur
(c )BA
uuur
(d )CA
uuur uuur
(e)AB + BC
uuur uuur
uuur
(f ) AB - BC + 2CA

Question4:

ABCDisaquadrilateral.
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Writeasasinglevector:
uuur uuur
(a) AB + BC

uuur uuur
(b) AB + BD

uuur uuur uuur

(c ) AC + CB + BD

uuur uuur uuur uuur

(d )BC + CD + DA + AC

Question5:
OABCisaparallelogram.ThepositionvectorsofAandBareaandb
respectively.Writeeachofthefollowingintermsofaandb
A

O
uuur
uuuur
uuur
uuur uuur
(a)AC (b)BC (c ) CA (d ) OA + AC
uuur uuur
uuur uuur
(g) BA + OB (h) CO - AO

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(e)

uuur uuur
BC + CA

C
uuur uuur
(f )OC - OB

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Question6:
Determinethepositionvectorintermsoftheunitvectorsiandjforeachof
thepointswithcoordinates:
(i)(5,7)

(ii)(5,4) (iii)(0,2)

Question7:
If

4
6
a= b=
2
-2

-5
c=
3

find:

(a)(a+b)+2c(b)2a+bc(c) (a2c)+(cb)
Expressanswersin i,jform.

Question8:
Foreachofthefollowingpairsofpoints,findthedisplacementvectorslocating
uuur
thesecondpointfromthefirstpoint(i.e. AB) :

(a)A(0,2),B(4,5)

(b)A(2,3),B(5,4)(c)A(4,5),B(0,2)

Question9:
Drawthefollowingvectorsusingasuitablescale:
Vectora,whichis3unitsnorthand4unitseastoftheorigin.
Vectorb,whichis4unitswestand3unitsnorthoftheorigin.
Onthesamediagram,draw
(a)
(b)

a+b
a b

Writetheanswersto(a)and(b)ini,jform.

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SolutionsVectorOperationsWorksheet
Question1:
(b)

1
u = a+b
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(a)

u = a - 2b + c
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1
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Question2:
2a
(b)
(a)

2b

a
b
a+b
2a+2b

(c)

2(a+b)

a
3c
(d)
a+3c

cb

(e)

b
c

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Question3:
uuur uuur uuur
(a) AB = OB - OA

Thinkofitlikethis:
TogetfromAtoB,
uuur
uuur
yougoAto0 = AO = - OA ,
uuur
then0toB = OB .ie
uuur uuur uuur
AB = OB - OA = b - a

x
0

uuur
uuur uuur
(a)AB (For example = OB - OA = b - a)
uuur uuur uuur
(b)CB = OB - OC = b - c
uuur uuur uuur
(c)BA = OA - OB = a - b
uuur uuur uuur
(d )CA = OA - OC = a - c
uuur uuur
uuur uuur
uuur uuur
(e)AB + BC =
(OB - OA) + (OC - OB)
uuur uuur
= - OA + OC = - a + c = c - a
uuur uuur
uuur
uuur uuur
uuur uuur
uuur uuur
(f ) AB - BC + 2CA =
(OB - OA) - (OC - OB) + 2(OA - OC)
uuur uuur uuur
uuur
uuur
= 2OB - OA - OC + 2OA - 2OC
uuur uuur
uuur
= 2OB + OA - 3OC = 2b - a - 3c

Question4:
(a)

uuur
AC

(b)

uuur
AD

uuur
(c ) AD

uuur
(d )BC

Question5:
(a)b (b)a (c) b (d)a+b (e) ab (f)a(g)a (h)b

Question6:
(i)5i+7j (ii)5i+4j (iii)0i+2j=2j

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Question7:
4 6
-5 10 -10 0
(a)(a+b)+2c= + + 2 = +
= = 0i + 6 j = 6j
2 -2
3 0 6 6
4 6 -5 3
(b)2a + b - c = - 2 + - = = 3i - 9j
2 -2 3 -9
4
-5 -5 6 14 -11 3
(c )(a - 2c ) + (c - b) = - 2 + - = +
= = 3i + j
3 3 -2 -4 5 1
2

Question8:
DisplacementVector:
uuur uuur uuur 4 0 4
(a)AB = OB OB = - = = 4i - 7j
-5 2 -7
uuur uuur uuur 5 2 3
(b)AB = OB OB = - = = 3i + j
4 3 1
uuur uuur uuur 0 4 -4
(c)AB = OB OB = - = = -4i + 7j
2 -5 7

Question9:
N

b
a+b
a

b
W

ab

b
E

S
a=4i+3j
b=4i+3j
a+b=0i+6j=6j
ab=8i+0j=8i

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