PILOT UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBIA

SECTIONAL HIGH MAGDALENA

WORKSHOP - VECTORS IN THE SPACE
LINEAR ALGEBRA

TEACHER: NELSON GIOVANI LEON LAGUNA.

INTEGRANTES: Sara Araujo y Estefany Díaz

1. Find the components of the vector and draw the position representation and
the given vector at its start and end points.

VECT STARTING ENDING

ORS POINT POINT
V (3,-2,4) (-3,2,-3)
U (4,-1,-3) (3,-2,4)
W (-4,2,-5) (3,-2,-4)
Y (3,-6,-2) (3,-3,3)
Z (0,3,-4) (4,-5,-6)

V= PQ= < -3-(-3), 2-(-2), -3-4> PQ= < -6,4, -7>

U= PQ = < 3-4, -2-(-1), 4-(-3)> PQ = <-1, -1,7>

W= PQ = < 3-(-4), -2-2, -4-(-5)> PQ = < 7, -4,1>

Y= PQ = <3-3, -3-(-6), 3-(-2)> PQ = < 0,3,5,>

Z = PQ = <4-0, -5-3, -6-(-4)> PQ = < 4, -8,-2>

2. Determine the module of the following vectors. If we know that U has
starting point (4, -2, 5) and ending point (-3, -2, 4) and V = < 4,-2, 3 >

U= (4,-2,5) (-3,-2,4)

U = < -3-4, -2-(-2), 4-5 >

U = < 7, 0, -1 >

a. Z = 3U – 4V
Z = 3 (7, 0, -1) – 4 (4, -2, 3)
Z = < 21, 0, -3 > - < 16, -8, 12>
Z = < 21 – 16, 0 – (-8), -3 -12 >
Z = 5, 8, -15 >
b. W = 2U + 3V
W = 2 (7, 0, -1) + 3 (4, -2, 3)
W = < 14, 0, -2 > + < 12, -6, 9 >
W = < 14 + 12, 0 + (-6), -2 + 9 >
W = < 26, -6, 7 >

MÒ DULO DEL VECTOR MÒ DULO DEL VECTOR

IIVII = √ ¿ ¿ IIVII = √ ¿ ¿

IIVII = √ 25+64+ 225 IIVII = √ 676+36+ 49

IIVII = √ 314 IIVII = √ 761

3. Perform the following operations.

VECT STARTING ENDING
OR POINT POINT
P (2,5, -2) (3, -2,4)
Q (-3, -3,2) (-1,2, -3)
R (-4, -3,3) (2, -3,2)
S (3, -5,2) (-3, -4,3)
T (2,0, -5) (3, -5, -3)

P= < 3 – 2, -2 -5, 4 – (-2)> P= < 1, -7, 6>

Q= < -1 – (-3), 2 – (-3), -3-2 > Q= < 2, 5, -5>

R= < 2 – (-4), -3 – (-3), 2 - 3> R= < 6, 0, -1>

S= < -3 -3, -4 – (-5), 3 -2> S= < 6, 1, 1>

T= < 3 -2, -5 – 0, -3 – (-5)> T= < 1, -5, 2>

a. -2P + Q = b. 3Q +2R – S
-2< 1, -7,6> + <2,5, -5> 3< 2,5, -5> + 2<6,0, -1> - <6,1,1>
< -2,14, -12> + <2,5, -5> < 6,15, -15> + <12,0, -2> - <6,1,1>
< -2+2,14+5, -12+(-5)> < 6+12, 15+0, -15+(-2)> - <6,1,1>
< 0, 19, -17 > < 18, 15, -17> - <6,1,1>
< 18, -6, 15-1, -17-1 >
< 12, 14, -18 >
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c. R – 3S + 2T = d. 3Q – R – 4S
3
2
< 6,0, -1> - 3<6,1,1,> + 2<1, -5,2> 3 < 2,5, -5> - <6,0, -1> - 4 <6,1,1>
3
2
< 4,0, - > - <18,3,3> + <2, -10,4> < 6,15, -15> - <6,0, -1> - <24,4,4>
3
2
< 4-18, 0-3, -- -3> + <2, -10,4> < 6-6, 15-0, -15-(-1)> - <24,4,4>
3
11
< -14, -3, - > + <2, -10, 4> < 0, 15, -14 > - < 24, 4, 4 >
3
11
< -14+2, -3 + (-10), - + 4> < 0-24, 15-4, -14-4>
3
1
< -12, -13, > < -24, 11, -18>
3

e. 2P + 3R
2 < 1, -7,6> + 3 <6,0, -1>
< 2, -14, 12> + < 18, 0, -3>
< 2 + 18, -14 + 0, 12 + (3) >
< 20, -14, 9 >

4. Find a unit vector in the same direction of the given vector.

a. V = < 2, −3, 4 >
Vector unitario
¿ ¿
||V|| = √ ¿ ¿ v = ¿ 2 ,−3,4 >
√29
¿2 −3 4
||v|| = √ 4 +9+16 v= , ,
√ 29 √ 29 √29
||v|| = √ 29 v=1

b. W = < 3, −4, −5 >

Vector unitario
¿ ¿
||w|| = √ ¿ ¿ v = ¿ 3 ,−4 ,−5>
√ 50
¿3 −4 −5
||w|| = √ 9+16+ 25 v= , ,
√ 50 √ 50 √50
||w|| = √ 50 v=1

c. Z = < −3, −2, 4 >

Vector unitario
¿ ¿
||z|| = √ ¿ ¿ v = ←3 ,−2,4 >
√ 29
 ←3 −2 4
||z|| = √ 9+ 4+16 v= , ,
√ 29 √ 29 √29
||z|| = √ 29 v=1

d. Y = < 3, −4, 5 >

Vector unitario
¿ ¿
||y|| = √ ¿ ¿ v = ¿ 3 ,−4,5>
√ 50
¿3 −4 5
||y|| = √ 9+16+ 25 v= , ,
√ 50 √ 50 √50
||y|| = √ 50 v=1

5. Determine the vectors as a linear combination of the unit vectors i, j and k.

VECTOR STARTING ENDING

S POINT POINT
P (3, -5,2) (3, -2, -3)
Q (-4, -3-2) (2, -2,2)
R (2, -5, -2) (4,3, -2)

P = <3, -5,2> <3, -2, -3>

P = <3i - 3i, -2j + 5j, -3k – 2k>
P = < 0i, 3j, -5k>

Q = <-4, -3, -2> <2, -2, 2>

Q = < 2i + 4i, -2j + 3j, 2k + 2k>
Q = <6i, 1j, 4k>

R = <2, -5, -2> <4,3, -2>

R = <4i – 2i, 3j + 5j, -2k + 2k>
R = <2i, 8j, 0k>

U = 3P + 2Q + R
U = 3<0i, 3j, -5k> + 2<6i, 1j,4k> + <2i, 8j, 0k>
U = 0i, 9j, -15k + 12i, 2j, 8k + 2i, 8j, 0k
U = <14i, 19j, -7k>

W = 2Q – 3R
W = 2<6i, 1j, 4k> - 3<2i, 8j, 0k>
W = 12i, 2j, 8k – 6i, - 24j, - 0k
W = <6i, -22j, 8k>

6. Given V = <3, -3,3>, W = <5, -3, -5> and Z = <-4, -5,4>. Determine the product point
and cross product.

a. V.W = (3)(5), (-3) (-3), (3) (-5)

 V.W = 15 + 9 – 15
V.W = 9

b. VxW = [(-3) (-5) -(3) (-3)] i – [(3) (-5) – (3)(5)] j + [(3) (-3) – (-3) (5)] k
VxW = (15 + 9) i – (-15 – 15) j + (-9 + 15) k
VxW = 24i + 30j – 6k

i j k
3 -3 3
5 -3 -5

c. W.Z = (5) (-4), (-3) (-5), (-5) (4)

W.Z = -20 15 -20
W.Z = -25

d. VxZ = [(-3) (4) – (3) (-5)] i – [(3)(4) – (3) (-4)] j + [(3) (-5) – (-3) (-4)] k
VxZ = (-12 + 15) i – (12 + 12) j + (-15 + 12) k
VxZ = 3i – 24j – 27k

i j k
3 -3 3
-4 -5 4