Practice Calc 3 - Section 11.

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Zachary Diasip Diasip Willy Sikui

Math 251, section 501, Fall 2015
Instructor: Aziz Takhirov

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Practice Calc 3 - Section 11.3 (TAMU Practice)

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1. 1.25/1.25 points | Previous AnswersSCalc7 12.4.003.

Find the cross product a

b.

a = i + 2j 2k,

b = i + 4k

8i2j+2k

Verify that it is orthogonal to both a and b.

(a

b) a

= 0

(a

b) b

= 0

2. 1.25/1.25 points | Previous AnswersSCalc7 12.4.001.

Find the cross product a

a = 6, 0, 2 ,

b.
b = 0, 8, 0

16i+48k

Verify that it is orthogonal to both a and b.

(a

b) a

= 0

(a

b) b

= 0

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3. 1.25/1.25 points | Previous AnswersSCalc7 12.4.017.

If a =
a

2, 1, 2 and b = 3, 2, 1 , find the following.

b=
5,4,7

a=
5,4,7

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4. 1.25/1.25 points | Previous AnswersSCalc7 12.4.504.XP.

Consider the figure below, where |u| = 2 and |v| = 4.

(a) Find |u

v|.
4

(b) Determine whether u

v is directed into the screen or out of the screen.

out of the screen

into the screen

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5. 1.25/1.25 points | Previous AnswersSCalc7 12.4.031.

Consider the points below.

P(0, 2, 0),

Q(4, 1, 3),

R(6, 4, 1)

(a) Find a nonzero vector orthogonal to the plane through the points P, Q, and R.
(21,22,6)

(b) Find the area of the triangle PQR.

312

6. 1.25/1.25 points | Previous AnswersSCalc7 12.4.511.XP.

Find the volume of the parallelepiped determined by the vectors a, b, and c.

a = 4, 2, 3 ,
132

b = 0, 2, 3 ,

c = 4, 3, 6

132 cubic units

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7. 1.25/1.25 points | Previous AnswersSCalc7 12.4.513.XP.

Find the volume of the parallelepiped with adjacent edges PQ, PR, PS.
P(1, 0, 1),
2

Q(3, 2, 2),

R(2, 3, 2),

S(1, 2, 0)

2 cubic units

8. 1.25/1.25 points | Previous AnswersSCalc7 12.4.038.

Use the scalar triple product to determine whether the points

A(1, 1, 2), B(3, 5, 6), C(7, 2, 0), and D(5, 4, 4) lie in the same plane.
Yes, they lie in the same plane.
No, they do not lie in the same plane.

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