What are (a) the x component and (b) the y component of a vector in the xy plane if its direction is 250 counterclockwise from the positive direction of the x axis and its magnitude is 7.3 m?
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Question
Here are three vectors in meters:
\(\begin{array}{l}
\vec{d}_{1}=-3.0 \hat{\mathrm{i}}+3.0 \hat{\mathrm{j}}+2.0 \hat{\mathrm{k}} \\
\vec{d}_{2}=-2.0 \hat{\mathrm{i}}-4.0 \hat{\mathrm{j}}+2.0 \hat{\mathrm{k}} \\
\vec{d}_{3}=2.0 \hat{\mathrm{i}}+3.0 \hat{\mathrm{j}}+1.0 \hat{\mathrm{k}}
\end{array}\)
What results from
(a) \(\vec{d}_{1} \cdot\left(\vec{d}_{2}+\vec{d}_{3}\right)\)
(b) \(\vec{d}_{1} \cdot\left(\vec{d}_{2} \times \vec{d}_{3}\right)\) and
(c) \(\vec{d}_{1} \times\left(\vec{d}_{2}+\vec{d}_{3}\right)\) ?
Solution
The first step in solving 3 problem number 63 trying to solve the problem we have to refer to the textbook question: Here are three vectors in meters:\(\begin{array}{l}\vec{d}_{1}=-3.0 \hat{\mathrm{i}}+3.0 \hat{\mathrm{j}}+2.0 \hat{\mathrm{k}} \\\vec{d}_{2}=-2.0 \hat{\mathrm{i}}-4.0 \hat{\mathrm{j}}+2.0 \hat{\mathrm{k}} \\\vec{d}_{3}=2.0 \hat{\mathrm{i}}+3.0 \hat{\mathrm{j}}+1.0 \hat{\mathrm{k}}\end{array}\)What results from(a) \(\vec{d}_{1} \cdot\left(\vec{d}_{2}+\vec{d}_{3}\right)\)(b) \(\vec{d}_{1} \cdot\left(\vec{d}_{2} \times \vec{d}_{3}\right)\) and(c) \(\vec{d}_{1} \times\left(\vec{d}_{2}+\vec{d}_{3}\right)\) ?
From the textbook chapter you will find a few key concepts needed to solve this.
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