Dot Product
Cross Product
Lines and Planes in Space
Surfaces in Space
Cylindrical and Spherical Coordinates
100

Find the dot product of <6, -4> and <-3,2>

-26

100

Find the cross product of <7,3,2> and <1, -1, 5>

<17, -33, -10>

100

Is the point (-4, -6, 2) on the line x = -2 + t, y = 3t, z = 4 + t?

Yes

100

If the quadratic surface equation is changed from x2 + y2 - z2 = 1 to x2 - y2 + z2 = 1, how is the graph affected?

The graph of the quadratic surface is now centered around the y-axis instead of the z-axis

100

Find an equation in rectangular coordinates for p = 1

x2 + y2 + z2 = 1

200

Are <2, -3, 1> and <-1, -1, -1> orthogonal or parallel?

Orthogonal

200

Find the unit vector orthogonal to <-3, 2, -5> and <1, -1,4> 

<3/(59)0.5, 7/(59)0.5, 1/(59)0.5>

200

Write symmetric equations of the line that passes through (-2, 0, 3) and is parallel to <2, 4, -2>

(x+2)/2 = y/4 = (z-3)/-2

200

Find an equation for the surface of revolution formed by revolving the curve xy = 2 in the xy plane about the x-axis

y2 + z2 = 4 / x2
200

Find an equation in rectangular coordinates for theta = pi/6

x - 30.5y = 0

300

Find the angle between <3, 4, 0> and <0, -2, 3>

116.3 degrees

300

Find the area of a triangle with vertices (0, 0, 0), (1, 0, 3), and (-3, 2, 0)

11/2

300

Do the following lines intersect? x = 4t+2, y = 3, z = -t+1, x = 2s+2, y = 2s+3, z = s+1

Yes

300

Find the two possible equations for the generating curve given that the equation of its surface of revolution is 8x2 + y2 + z2 = 5

z = (5-8x2)0.5

or 

y = (5-8x2)0.5

300

Convert (4, 0 , 0) to spherical coordinates

(4, 0, pi/2)

400

Find the work done on an object pulled 10 feet across a floor with 85 pounds of force. The direction of the force is 60 degrees above the horizontal

425 ft-lbs

400

Find the volume of a parallelepiped with adjacent sides <3, 0, 0>, <0, 5, 1>, and <2, 0, 5>

75

400

Find the equation of the plane passing through (1, 2, 3), (3, 2, 1) and (-1, -2, 2)

-4x - 3y + 4z - 14 = 0

400

Find and identify traces for x2 + y2/4 + z2 = 1

xy trace: x2 + y2/4 = 1

-ellipse

xz trace: x2 + z2 = 1

-circle

yz trace: y2/4 + z2 = 1

-ellipse

400

Convert (6, pi/2, -6) from cylindrical to spherical coordinates

(6*20.5, pi/2, 3pi/4)

500

A 48,000 pound truck is parked on a 10 degree slope. The only force to overcome is gravity. Find the force perpendicular to the hill.

~47,270.8 lb

500

A brake is applied on a bike with a downwards force of 20lbs on the pedal when the crank makes an angle 40 degrees to the horizontal. If the crank is 6 inches, find the torque. 

~7.66

500

Find the point of intersection of the plane 3x-y+4z=7 and the line through (5,4,-3) perpendicular to this plane

(77/13, 48/13, -23/13)

500

Sketch 16x2 - y2 + 16z2 = 4

*Hyperboloid of one sheet centered around the y axis*

500

Sketch the surface that follows 0<theta<pi/2, 0<r<2, 0<z<4 (assume all < signs mean less than or equal to)

*1/4 cylinder with a heigh from 0 to 4 and length from 0 to 2.

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