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Lines and Planes
Vector Madness
Applications
Potpourri
100

Find the angle between the vectors 

veca=<3,-1,5> and vecb=<-2,4,3>

81°

100

Find the Parametric equations of the line through the points (-8,1,4) and (3,-2,4).

x = -8 + 11t

y = 1 - 3t

z = 4

100

2veca+3vecb if veca=<1,2,-3> and vecb=<-2,-1,5>

<-4,1,9>

100
A quarterback throws a footall with angle of elevation 40 degrees and speed 60 ft/s.  Find the horizontal and vertical components of the velocity vector.

Horizontal:  45.96 ft/sec

Vertical:  38.57 ft/sec


100

Which of the points (-4,0,-1), (3,1,-5), and (-2,4,6) is closest to the yz-plane?

(-2,4,6)

200

Find the cross product

veca xx vecb

 of the vectors:

veca=<1,3,-2> and vecb=<-1,0,5>

<15,-3,3>

200

Find the equation of the plane through the point (-1,1/2,3) and with normal vector <1,4,1>.

x + 4y + z = 4

200

Are the vectors below orthogonal, parallel, or neither?

a)  vecu=<-1,2,5>, vecv=<3,4,-1>

b)  vecu=<2,6,-4>, vecv=<-3,-9,6>

a)  orhogonal

b)  parallel

200

A boat sails south with the help of a wind blowing in the direction S36°E with magnitude 400 lb.  Find the work done by the wind as the boat moves 120 ft.

38,832.8 ft-lbs

200

Find the parametric equations of the tangent line to the curve x = t cos(t), y = t, z = t sin(t) at the point

(-pi,pi,0)

x=-pi-t,

y=pi + t,

z=-pit

300

Is the line through (-2,4,0) and (1,1,1) perpendicular to the line through (2,3,4) and (3,-1,-8)?

No

300

Find the equation of the plane through the point (1,-1,-1) and parallel to the plane

5x - y - z = 6

.

5x - y - z = 7

300

Find the unit tangent vector for the vector function

vecr(t)=<cost,3t,2sin(2t)>

 at  t = 0.


vecT(0)=<0,3/5,4/5>

300

Find the length of the curve (correct to 4 decimal places)

vecr(t)=<sint,cost,tant>, 0<=t<=pi/4

1.2780

300

The equation of the largest sphere with center (5,4,9) that is contained in the first octant.

(x-5)^2+(y-4)^2+(z-9)^2=16

400

Find the parametric equations of the line through (2,1,0) and perpendicular to both <1,1,0> and <0,1,1>.

x = 2 + t

y = 1 - t

z = t

400

Find the equation of the plane that contains the line:

x = 1 + t

y = 2 - t

z = 4 - 3t

 and is parallel to the plane

5x+ 2y+z=1

5x+2y+z=13

400

A projectile is fired with an initial speed of 200 m/s and angle of elevation 60 degrees.  Find the maximum height reached.

1531 m

500

Find the equation of the plane that passes through the point (6,0,-2) and contains the line:

x = 4 - 2t

y = 3 + 5t

z = 7 + 4t

33x+10y+4z=190

500

Three teenagers push a heavy crate across the floor. Dion pushes with a force of 185 N at 0°. Shirley exerts a force of 165 N at 30°, while Joan pushes with 195 N force at 300°. What is the resultant force on the crate?

<425.4, -86.4> N

434.1 N at 348.5°

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