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IN SUMMARY<br />

Key Ideas<br />

• In R 3 , i ! 11, 0, 02, j ! 10, 1, 02, k ! 10, 0, 12.<br />

All are unit vectors along the<br />

x-, y- and z-axes, respectively.<br />

• OP ! 1a, b, c2 ai ! bj ! ck ! , 0 OP ! 0 Va 2 b 2 c 2<br />

• The vector between two points with its tail at A1x 1 , y 1 , z 1 2 and head at<br />

B1x 1 is determined as follows:<br />

AB ! , y 1 , z<br />

OB ! 1 2<br />

OA !<br />

• The vector AB ! 1x 2 , y 2 , z 2 2 1x 1 , y 1 , z 1 2 1x 2 <br />

is equivalent to the position vector OP ! x 1 , y 2 y 1, z 2 z 1 2<br />

since their directions<br />

and magnitude are the same.<br />

0AB ! 0 1x 2 x 1 2 2 1y 2 y 1 2 2 1z 2 z 1 2 2<br />

Need to Know<br />

• If OA ! and then<br />

• mOP ! 1a, b, c2 OD ! 1d, e, f 2, OA ! OD ! 1a d, b e, c f 2.<br />

m1a, b, c2 1ma, mb, mc2, mR<br />

Exercises 6.7<br />

PART A<br />

1. a. Write the vector using the standard unit vectors.<br />

b. Determine @ OA ! OA ! 11, 2, 42<br />

@ .<br />

2. Write the vector OB ! 3i ! 4j ! 4k !<br />

in component form and calculate<br />

its magnitude.<br />

3. If a ! 11, 3, 32, b ! 13, 6, 122, and c ! 10, 8, 12, determine<br />

Pa ! 1 3 b! c ! P .<br />

4. For the vectors OA ! 13, 4, 122 and OB ! 12, 2, 12, determine the<br />

following:<br />

a. the components of vector , where<br />

b. @ OA ! , , and<br />

c. AB ! @ @ OB ! @<br />

and @ AB ! @ OP ! OP !<br />

OP ! OA ! OB !<br />

@<br />

@ . What does AB !<br />

represent?<br />

332<br />

6.7 OPERATIONS WITH VECTORS IN R 3<br />

NEL

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