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For the following exercises, the two-dimensional vectors a and b are given.

  1. Find the measure of the angle θ between a and b . Express the answer in radians rounded to two decimal places, if it is not possible to express it exactly.
  2. Is θ an acute angle?

[T] a = 3 , −1 , b = −4 , 0

a. θ = 2.82 rad; b. θ is not acute.

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[T] a = 2 , 1 , b = −1 , 3

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u = 3 i , v = 4 i + 4 j

a. θ = π 4 rad; b. θ is acute.

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u = 5 i , v = −6 i + 6 j

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For the following exercises, find the measure of the angle between the three-dimensional vectors a and b . Express the answer in radians rounded to two decimal places, if it is not possible to express it exactly.

a = 3 , −1 , 2 , b = 1 , −1 , −2

θ = π 2

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a = 0 , −1 , −3 , b = 2 , 3 , −1

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a = i + j , b = j k

θ = π 3

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a = i 2 j + k , b = i + j 2 k

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[T] a = 3 i j 2 k , b = v + w , where v = −2 i 3 j + 2 k and w = i + 2 k

θ = 2 rad

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[T] a = 3 i j + 2 k , b = v w , where v = 2 i + j + 4 k and w = 6 i + j + 2 k

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For the following exercises determine whether the given vectors are orthogonal.

a = x , y , b = y , x , where x and y are nonzero real numbers

Orthogonal

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a = x , x , b = y , y , where x and y are nonzero real numbers

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a = 3 i j 2 k , b = −2 i 3 j + k

Not orthogonal

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a = i j , b = 7 i + 2 j k

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Find all two-dimensional vectors a orthogonal to vector b = 3 , 4 . Express the answer in component form.

a = 4 α 3 , α , where α 0 is a real number

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Find all two-dimensional vectors a orthogonal to vector b = 5 , −6 . Express the answer by using standard unit vectors.

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Determine all three-dimensional vectors u orthogonal to vector v = 1 , 1 , 0 . Express the answer by using standard unit vectors.

u = α i + α j + β k , where α and β are real numbers such that α 2 + β 2 0

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Determine all three-dimensional vectors u orthogonal to vector v = i j k . Express the answer in component form.

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Determine the real number α such that vectors a = 2 i + 3 j and b = 9 i + α j are orthogonal.

α = −6

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Determine the real number α such that vectors a = −3 i + 2 j and b = 2 i + α j are orthogonal.

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[T] Consider the points P ( 4 , 5 ) and Q ( 5 , −7 ) .

  1. Determine vectors O P and O Q . Express the answer by using standard unit vectors.
  2. Determine the measure of angle O in triangle OPQ . Express the answer in degrees rounded to two decimal places.

a. O P = 4 i + 5 j , O Q = 5 i 7 j ; b. 105.8 °

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[T] Consider points A ( 1 , 1 ) , B ( 2 , −7 ) , and C ( 6 , 3 ) .

  1. Determine vectors B A and B C . Express the answer in component form.
  2. Determine the measure of angle B in triangle ABC . Express the answer in degrees rounded to two decimal places.
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Determine the measure of angle A in triangle ABC , where A ( 1 , 1 , 8 ) , B ( 4 , −3 , −4 ) , and C ( −3 , 1 , 5 ) . Express your answer in degrees rounded to two decimal places.

68.33 °

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Consider points P ( 3 , 7 , −2 ) and Q ( 1 , 1 , −3 ) . Determine the angle between vectors O P and O Q . Express the answer in degrees rounded to two decimal places.

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For the following exercises, determine which (if any) pairs of the following vectors are orthogonal.

u = 3 , 7 , −2 , v = 5 , −3 , −3 , w = 0 , 1 , −1

u and v are orthogonal; v and w are orthogonal.

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u = i k , v = 5 j 5 k , w = 10 j

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Use vectors to show that a parallelogram with equal diagonals is a square.

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Use vectors to show that the diagonals of a rhombus are perpendicular.

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Show that u · ( v + w ) = u · v + u · w is true for any vectors u , v , and w .

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Verify the identity u · ( v + w ) = u · v + u · w for vectors u = 1 , 0 , 4 , v = −2 , 3 , 5 , and w = 4 , −2 , 6 .

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For the following problems, the vector u is given.

  1. Find the direction cosines for the vector u.
  2. Find the direction angles for the vector u expressed in degrees. (Round the answer to the nearest integer.)
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Source:  OpenStax, Calculus volume 3. OpenStax CNX. Feb 05, 2016 Download for free at http://legacy.cnx.org/content/col11966/1.2
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