Shankersinhvaghelabapuinstitue of Technology: Branch:-Electronics and Communication Engineering
Shankersinhvaghelabapuinstitue of Technology: Branch:-Electronics and Communication Engineering
Shankersinhvaghelabapuinstitue of Technology: Branch:-Electronics and Communication Engineering
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Q1 (a) (i) Transform the vector B = yax– xay+ zaz into cylindrical coordinates.
(ii) Transform vector field G = (xz/y) ax into spherical components and variables
(b) Explain Cross Product & Dot Product in detail
(c) Explain Position and distance vectors with suitable example
Q.2 Given vectors A = 3ax + 4ay + az and B = 2ay - 5az, find the angle between A and B
Q.3 (a) Given point P (—2, 6, 3) and vector A = yax + (x + z) ay, express P and A in
Cylindrical and spherical coordinates. Evaluate A at P in the Cartesian, cylindrical,
and spherical systems
(b) Explain spherical coordinate system.
Q.4 (a) Given points are E (2, 5, 1), F (-1, 4, -2) and G (3, -2, 4).
Find: (i) A unit vector directed from E towards F.
(ii) The angle between REF and REG.
(iii) The scalar projection REF and REG.
Q.5 (a) Express in cylindrical components:
(a) the vector from C(3,2,-7) to D(-1,-4,2);
(b) a unit vector at D directed towards C;
(c) a unit vector at D directed toward the origin.
(d) E and F are vector fields given by E = 2xax + ay + yzaz and F = xy ax -y2ay+ xyz az
Determine
(i) | E | a t (l, 2, 3)
(ii) The component of E along F at (1, 2, 3)
(iii) A vector perpendicular to both E and F at (0, 1, - 3) whose magnitude is unity
Q.6 The three vertices of a triangle are located at A(6,−1, 2), B(−2, 3,−4), and C(−3, 1, 5).
Find: (a) RAB; (b) RAC; (c) the angle θBAC at vertex A; (d) the (vector) projection of RAB on
RAC.
Q7 In order to illustrate these definitions and operations, consider the vector field
G = yax −2.5xay +3az and the point Q(4, 5, 2).We wish to find: G at Q; the scalar
component
of G at Q in the direction of aN = 1/3(2ax + ay − 2az ); the vector component
of G at Q in the direction of aN ; and finally, the angle θGa between G(rQ) and aN .
Q8 Transform the following vectors to spherical coordinates at the points
given: (a) 10ax at P(x = −3, y = 2, z = 4); (b) 10ay at Q(ρ = 5, φ = 30◦,z = 4);
(c) 10az at M(r = 4, θ = 110◦, φ = 120◦).
Q9 Given points M(−1, 2, 1), N(3,−3, 0), and P(−2,−3,−4), find: RMN; (b) RMN + RMP; (c)
|rM|; (d) aMP; (e) |2rP − 3rN |.
Q 10 A vector field S is expressed in rectangular coordinates as
S = {125/[(x −1)2+(y−2)2+(z+1)2]}{(x −1)ax +(y−2)ay +(z+1)az}.
(a) Evaluate S at P(2, 4, 3).
(b) Determine a unit vector that gives the direction of S at P.
(c) Specify the surface f (x, y, z) on which |S| = 1.
Q11 The three vertices of a triangle are located at A(6,−1, 2), B(−2, 3,−4),
and C(−3, 1, 5). Find: (a) RAB × RAC; (b) the area of the triangle; (c) a unit
vector perpendicular to the plane in which the triangle is located.
Q 13 Given the vectors M = −10ax + 4ay − 8az and N = 8ax + 7ay − 2az ,
find: a unit vector in the direction of −M+ 2N; (b) the magnitude of 5ax + N − 3M;
(c) |M||2N|(M+ N).