Vectors in Three-Dimensional Space

Exercises

  1. If you start at the initial point \((3,7,1)\) and travel to the terminal point \((1,2,5),\) along what vector did you travel?
  2. If you start at the initial point \((-2,7,6)\) and travel along a vector \(\langle -1,3,0 \rangle,\) what are the coordinates of the terminal point?
  3. Sketch the vectors \(\bm{u} = \langle 3,-3,5 \rangle\) and \(\bm{v} = \langle 2,5,-4 \rangle\) in \(xyz\)-space, then explicitly calculate each of the following:
    \( \bm{u} + \bm{v} \)
    \( \bm{u} - \bm{v} \)
    \( |\bm{u}| \)
    \( |\bm{v}| \)
    \( \bm{\hat{u}} \)
    \( \bm{\hat{v}} \)
    \( 3\bm{u} \)
    \( \bm{u}\cdot\bm{v} \)
    \( \bm{u} - 2\bm{v} \)
    \( \bm{v} + \langle 1,-2,3 \rangle \)
    \( \bm{u} + 2\mathbf{j}-\mathbf{k} \)
    What is the angle between the vectors \(\bm{u}\) and \(\bm{v}?\) What are the three acute angles that \(\bm{u}\) makes with the coordinate axes? What are the three acute angles that \(\bm{v}\) makes with the coordinate axes?

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