VECTOR ALGEBRA r r r , b = 2i and c = i . Find unit vector parallel to + 2 1. If a = i j+k j + 3k j+k r r r a b + 2c . r r and b = 5i . + 3 2.

. + 3 2. The position vectors of points A and B are a = i j+k j+k u u u r u u u r Find unit vector in direction of AB . Find dcs of AB . What angles does u u u r AB makes with coordinate axes? , +3 3. Show that the points A, B and C with position vectors 2i j + 5k and 7i +2 are collinear. Find the ratio in which B divides AC. k i j + 3k r which has the 4. Find the vectors in the direction of the vector a = 5i j + 2k magnitude of 10 units. 5. Find the r vectors of magnitude r 5 units, parallel to the resultant of the . 2 vectors a = 2i + 3 j 5k and b = i j+k r r and b = 2i represent the adjacent sides of a +3 + 6. If a = 2i jk j + 2k parallelogram. Find the r r diagonals of a parallelogram. r r . Find the angle between a + b and +2 7. If a = 4i + 2 j k and b = 5i j 3k r r a b. and 4i are +3 6 8. Find the value of so that the two vectors 2i jk j + k (i) parallel (ii) perpendicular. r 9. If a makes equal angles with the coordinate axis and has magnitude 3, r r find a . Also find the angle between a and each of coordinate axis. r r on the vector b = i . +3 +2 10. Find the projection of vector a = 2i j + 2k j+k r r on the vector b = i + + 11. Find when the projection of vector a = i j+k j is 2 units. r r r r r , b =i and + 12. Find such that a + b c , where a = 2i j + 3k j + 2k r c = 3i j. and 3i are mutually 3 13. Find and if vectors i j 6k j 2k perpendicular with equal r r magnitude. r r , find (i) magnitude of a b (ii) unit 2 14. If a = 3i + j + 2k and b = 2i j + 4k r r vector perpendicular to both a and b (iii) the cosine and sine of angle r r between the vectors a and b r and 6 15. The position vectors of points A and B are a = 3i j + 2k r u u u r . Find the area of (i) OAB (ii) parallelogram with OA and + b = 2i j 2k u u u r OB as adjacent sides. 16. Find of a ABC with A(1,1,2), B(2,3,5), C(1,5,5) using vectors. r the area r r u r and c = 7i , find vector d which is perpendicular to k k 17. If a = i j , b = 3i r r u ru r both vectors a and b and vectors c.d = 1 .

r r r u r , b =i and c = 3i , find vector d which is +5 4 + 18. If a = 4i jk j + 5k jk r r u ru r perpendicular to both vectors a and b and vectors c.d = 21 . r r , find vector which is perpendicular to both vectors , b=i + +k 19. If a = 2i j+k r r a and b . rr r r r r 20. If a.b = 0 and a b = 0 , show that either a = 0 or b = 0 . 21. Find the r vectors of magnitude r 5 units, which is perpendicular to the +5 vectors a = 3i + j 4k and b = 6i j 2k r r r r r r r r r 22. If a , b and c be vectors such that a + b + c = 0 and a = 3 , b = 5 , c = 7 . r r Find the angle between a and b . r r r r r r 23. If a , b and c be vectors such that a = 5 , b = 4 , c = 3 and each is r r r perpendicular to the sum of other two. Find a + b + c . Find all three [a+b dot c, etc] and add. r r r r r r ru r rr rr 24. If a , b and c are unit vectors such that a + b + c = 0 , find a.b + b.c + c.a . r as the sum of two vectors such that one is parallel 2 25. Express a = 5i j + 5k r r and other is perpendicular to b . +k to vector b = 3i r r u r into two vectors c and d such that 3 26. Decompose vector a = 6i j + 6k r . + one is parallel and other is perpendicular to b = i j+k 27. Find a unit vector perpendicular to plane ABC where A, B and C are (3, -1, 2), (1, -1, -3) and (4, -3, 1) resp. r r r r r r 28. Show that the points having position vectors a 2b + 3c , 2a + 3b + 2c r r r r r and 8a + 13b are collinear whatever a , b and c are.

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Prove vectors are parallel. r r r r r r . Find 29. If a , b are vectors such that a = 2 , b = 7 and a b = 3i + 2 j + 6k r r the angle between a and b . r r r r r r r r 30. If a + b . a b = 12 and a = 2 b , find a and b . r r r rr . +6 31. Find the projection of a on b if a.b = 8 and b = 2i j + 3k r r r u r r r r u r r u r r r 32. If a b = c d and a c = b d , show that a d is parallel to b c , where r u r r r a d and b c .

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