b.

4x2 + 4y 2 + 4z 2 + 24x 56y 8z + 11 = 0

Cartesian space and Vectors

4. Find the components, magnitude, and direction angles of the vectors

having initial point A and terminal point B.

I. Exercises from the slides

a. Locate the following points
a. (2, 4, 1)

c. (7, 2, 6)

b. (3, 1, 2)

d. (2, 3, 4)

a. A(2, 1, 3), B(5, 1, 0)

b. A( 2, 9, 3), B(3 2, 7, 1)

c. A(0, 5, 8), B(2, 1, 1)

d. A(11, 2, 7), B(1, 2, 10)

5. The vector ~v and its initial point A are given. Find the terminal point.
b. Let A(1, 5, 2), B(3, 2, 4) and C(4, 1, 3). Find

a. ~v = h5, 8, 0i, A(4, 3, 2)

A(0, 6, 5)
b. ~v = 3i + 7j k,

a. the midpoint of DC where D is the midpoint of AB.

b. a point in the z-axis that is equidistant to both A and B.
c. the sphere centered at C, containing B.
c. Define ~v as the vector from (3, 1, 2) to (1, 5, 2). Find k~v k and its directional cosines.
d. If ~u = h2, 3, 1i, ~v = h1, 0, 1i and w
~ = h1, 3, 2i, find:
a. 2~u ~v
b. ~u ~v + w
~

6. Let ~u = h2, 1, 5i, ~v = h1, 8, 4i, and w

~ = h9, 12, 0i. Find:
a. ~u + ~v w
~
b. ~u + 2~v + 3w
~
1
c. 5~u w
~
2
4w
~
d.
||w||
~

e. the vector twice the length of ~v

and in the same direction as ~v
f. the vector of length 2 and in the
same direction as ~v

Vector operations

c. w
~ (0.5~u + 1.5~v )
II. Additional exercises
1. Find the length and the midpoint of the line segment with endpoints:
a. (3, 2, 5) and (7 2, 2)

I. Exercises from the slides.

1. Determine whether the following vectors are parallel.
a. ~u = h3, 2, 1i and ~v = h9, 
6, 3i 
~ = 4i + j 2k and B
~ = 1, 1, 1
b. A
2 8 4

b. (1, 0, 9) and (1, 1, 7)

2. Find a unit vector that points in the same direction as T~ = 3i 5j + k.

c. (2, 4, 1) and (0, 6, 5)

3. Find a vector of length 3 that is parallel to the vector from (2, 0, 1) to

(3, 2, 3).
Find
~v = 4i + j 3k and w
4. Let ~u = i 2j + k,
~ = 2j k.

2. Find the standard equation of the sphere with properties:

a. center at (6, 1, 0) and radius 5
b. endpoints of a diameter: (8, 7, 2) and (4, 11, 5)

a. ~u ~v

e. ~u (w
~ ~v )

c. center at (5, 3, 4) and tangent to the yz-plane

b. ~u ~v

f. a unit vector lying in the xyplane that is orthogonal to ~u

3. Find the center and the radius of the following spheres:

a.

x2

y2

z2

+ 10x 24y = 0

c. w
~ ~u
d. ~u ~v w
~

5. Find the area of parallelogram ABCD if A(0, 1), B(4, 3) and C(1, 6).
6. Find a vector of length 5 that is orthogonal to both h4, 1, 0i and
h3, 2, 1i.
~ =
7. Find the volume of the parallelepiped defined by the vectors A
B
~ = 5i j.
~ = i + 3j 2k and C
2i + j + 2k,

12. Show that the points (2, 2, 2), (2, 0, 1), (4, 1, 1) and (4, 3, 0) are the
vertices of a rectangle and find its area.
13. Find the area of the triangle whose vertices are the points (3, 2, 1),
(2, 4, 6), and (1, 2, 7).
~ = h1, 1, 2i and R
~ = h1, 3, 3i
14. Given: P~ = h3, 2, 1i, Q
~ as adjacent sides.
a. Find the area of the parallelogram having P~ and Q
~ and R
~ as adjab. Find the volume of the parallelepiped that has P~ , Q

II. Additional exercises.

1. Find mP QR if P (2, 3, 4), Q(2, 6, 1) and R(2, 0, 2).
2. Determine x such that xi 2j and xi + 6j are orthogonal.
~+B
~ are perpendicular to A
~ B,
~ how does the magnitude of A
~
3. If A
~
compare with that of B?

4. Find the vector projection of ~a = 2i 5j + 7k onto ~b = 3i + j + 7k.




~ = 2, 4, 5 , express A
~ as the sum of a
~ = 3, 1, 5 and B
5. If A
~ and a vector perpendicular to B.
~
vector parallel to B

cent sides.
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, ~a ~b = 13 3, and ~a ~b = h3, 12, 4i.
15. Given: ~a = h4, 0, 3i, ~b =
5
Find the following:
a. the direction cosines of ~a
b. the vector with magnitude 4 perpendicular to both ~a and ~b
c. the value of m such that hm, 0, 2i is
i. parallel to ~a
ii. perpendicular to ~a

6. A box is dragged along the floor by a rope that applies a force of 40 lb

at an angle of 30 with the floor. How much work is done in moving the
box 10ft?

d. the angle between ~a and ~b

e. the vector projection of ~b onto ~a

7. A force of F~ = i 2j 5k Newtons is applied to a point that moves a

How
distance of 30 meters in the direction of the vector 10i 11j + 2k.
much work is done in moving the point?

f. the area of the triangle having ~a and ~b as sides

g. the volume of the parallelepiped having ~a, ~b, and ~c = 7i 2j + 5k as
adjacent sides

8. Let ~a = h4, 2, 1i, ~b = h2, 3, 2i, and ~c = h1, 4, 3i. Determine the
Lines and planes
following:
i. ~a ~b

ii. ~a (~b ~c)

iii. ~a (~b ~c)

I. Exercises from the slides

1. Graph the plane x + y + z = 1 in the first octant.

9. Find a unit vector perpendicular to both h1, 4, 3i and h4, 1, 1i.

10. What can you say about the angle between two nonzero vectors ~u and
~v if ~u ~v = ||~u ~v ||?
11. Let ~u = h1, 2, 3i and ~v w
~ = h8, 11, 6i. Find (~v ~u) w.
~

2. Find the intersection of the planes 1 : 3x + y 3z = 1 and 2 :

x 2y + z = 0.
3. Find the point in which the line ` : x = y 1 = 2z intersects the plane,
4x y + 3z = 8.

4. Find the equation of the plane that contains all points equidistant from
the points (4, 2, 1) and (2, 4, 3).
x3
z2
5. Find the point of intersection of the two lines, `1 :
=y=
2
2
x+3
5y
and `2 :
=
=z+2
2
3
6. Find the symmetric and parametric equations
of the line containing the

x = 2t + 3
origin and is perpendicular to the line ` :
y = 1t

z = 5t
II. Additional exercises.
1. Find the equation of the plane passing through P and having ~n as a
normal vector where
a. P (1, 2, 3) and ~n = 2i 4j + 3k
b. P (2, 3, 4) and ~n = h3, 2, 1i
2. Find the acute angle between the planes (i.e. acute angle between their
normal vectors) in the previous item.

9. Find parametric equations of the line through P (4, 3, 2) that is parallel

to the line of intersection of the planes with equations x2y +3z +1 = 0
and 2x + y + z + 2 = 0.
10. Find the equation of the sphere having radius 2 and center at the point
y+2
of intersection of the lines with symmetric equations x 1 =
=
2
z + 12
x2 y5
and
,
= z 5.
2
2
3
11. Find the equation of the plane containing the point P (1, 3, 1) and the
line with symmetric equations x = y = z 2.
x2
y+1
12. Find the point of intersection of the lines `1 :
=
= z and
3
4
x = 2 2t
`2 : y = 10 + t
z = 11 3t
13. Find the coordinates of the point where the plane tangent to the sphere
with equation x2 + y 2 + z 2 = 9 at P (1, 2, 2) intersects the x-axis.

3. Find the equation of the plane passing through the points P (2, 5, 6), Distance formula and Surfaces
Q(1, 1, 2), and R(4, 0, 6).
I. Exercises from the slides
4. Find the equation of the plane perpendicular to each of the planes
1. Find the distance between the plane 2x 4y + 4z + 5 = 0 and the point
x y + z = 0 and 2x + y 4z 5 = 0 and containing the point P (4, 0, 2).
(0, 1, 2).
5. Find the equation of the plane that passes through the center of the
sphere x2 + y 2 + z 2 2x z + 5 = 0 and is parallel to the
a. yz-plane

b. the plane 3x 4y + 5z = 2

6. Find parametric and symmetric equations of the line passing through

the points A(4, 5, 3) and B(6, 2, 1).
7. Find parametric equations of the line through P (5, 3, 4) that intersects
the z-axis at right angles.
8. Determine the symmetric equations of the line through the point
P (1, 1, 1) that is parallel to the plane x+yz = 0, and whose direction
vector is orthogonal to the direction vector of the line 3x = 2y = z.

2. Find the distance between the center of the sphere x2 +2x+4y 2 y+z 2 =
0 and the plane x 3y z = 1.
3. Find the distance between the planes xy+3z = 0 and 2x2y+6z = 11.
x1
y2
z3
4. Find the distance between the two lines, `1 :
=
=
2
3
4
x+1
z+5
and `2 :
=3y =
.
6
2
5. Find the distance betweeen the two lines, `1 : hx, y, zi = h3, 1, 0i +
h2, 1, 2i t and `2 : hx, y, zi = h0, 2, 0i + h2, 1, 2i s.
6. Find an equation for the surface consisting of all points that are equidistant from the point (0, 0, 1) and the plane z = 1. Identify the surface.

a. x2 + 4y 2 + 4z 2 = 16; coordinate planes

II. Additional exercises

b. z = 4 x2 y 2 ; xy-plane, yz-plane, z = 3

1. Find the distance between the following.

a. point (1, 4, 3) and plane 2x y + 2z + 15 = 0
b. point ( 12 , 7, 4) and plane 8z 6x = 5
c. point (4, 6, 6) and line ` : x = 1 + 12t, y = 3t, z = 2 + 4t
x+2
y2
z3
d. point (6, 5, 2) and line ` :
=
=
14
2
5
e. planes 7x 6y + 6z + 16 = 0 and 7x 6y + 6z 17 = 0
f. planes 12x + y + 12z + 9 = 0 and 3y + 36z = 7 + 36x
x5
y+4
z6
g. line
=
=
and plane 4x + 4y 7z + 2 = 0
2
12
8
h. line ~r = h3, 6, 5i + h3, 4, 8i t and plane 20x 9y + 12z = 4
i. lines `1 : x = 1 8s, y = 2, z = 7 15s and `2 : ~r =
h5, 2, 6i + h8, 0, 15i t
2x 8
5y
j. lines `1 :
=
= z+1 and `2 : x = 7+3t, y = 56t, 2+2t
3
3
14 z
k. lines `1 : ~r = h5, 1, 1i + h7, 4, 4i t and `2 : 4x = y =
7
l. lines `1 : x = 52 + 7s, y = 5 + 8s, z = 4 + 6s and `2 : ~r =

3

4 , 1, 1 + h1, 2, 2i t

Surfaces of revolution and Quadric surfaces

I. Exercises from the slides
1. Find the equation of the surface of revolution defined by the ff. plane
curves
a. y = 2x + 1, revolved about the x-axis
b. z = ey , revolved about the y-axis
1
c. y = , revolved about the y-axis
x
d. (x 2)2 + z 2 = 1, revolved about the z-axis
2. Identify the following quadric surfaces.
1. z 2 = 4x2 + 9y 2 + 36
2. x = y 2 + 25z 2 2
3. z + 4y 2 x2 = 3
4. 16x2 8x + 9y 2 + z 2 + 2z = 2

2. Find the equation of the following spheres.

a. center at (9, 2, 21 ) and tangent to the plane 5x 14y + 2z + 1 = 0
b. diameter has endpoints A(1, 8, 2) and B, the point of tangency of
the sphere with the plane 9x + 6y + 2z = 2
3. Sketch the graph of the following equations in three-dimensional space.

2x

a. y = x2 4x

d. y =

b. 4y 2 + z 2 8y 4z + 4 = 0

e. y = ln(z + 1)
1
f. z = 2
x

c. z 2 9x2 = 9

c. z = y 2 4x2 ; xy-plane, y = 2, z = 4

4
d. 9y 2 4z 2 36x2 = 36; y = 2, y = 2 2, x =
3

4. Identify the traces of the following surfaces in the indicated planes and
sketch the traces in a two-dimensional coordinate system.

5. x2 y 2 + z 2 4x 2y 2z = 0
6. x2 y 2 + z 2 4x 2y 2z + 3 = 0
7. 4y 2 z 2 + x 16y + 4z = 1
II. Additional exercises
1. Find an equation of the surface of revolution generated by revolving
the curve, lying in the plane determined by the variables, about the
indicated axis, and sketch its graph.
a. y = 9 z 2 ; y-axis

c. x = tan1 y; x-axis

b. z = 3x ; x-axis

d. z = sinh x; z-axis

2. Find an equation of a generating curve of the given surface of revolution.

a. x2 + y 2 z 3 + 8 = 0
b. y 2 + z 2 tanh2 z = 0
c. 2x2 + 2y 2 25x = 0
d. 3x2 + ln(3 + y) = 5 3x2
3. Identify and sketch the graph of the following quadric surfaces.
a. x2 + 4y 2 + 4z 2 = 16

e. 100y 2 + 25z 2 4x2 = 0

x2 y 2
f. +
+ z2 = 4
9
4
g. 4y = 20x2 + 5z 2
h. 16x2 + 4y 2 + z 2 96x + 8y + 147 = 0
i. 9y = z 2 36x2

b. z = 4 x2 y 2

j. 25x2 + 25y 2 9z 2 100x 150y + 100 = 0

c. z = y 2 4x2

k. 9x2 4y 2 + 144z 2 144 = 0

d. 9y 2 4z 2 36x2 = 36

l. 4x2 9y 2 9z 2 = 64