Basics of Vectors
Basics of Vectors: Overview
This topic covers concepts, such as Vector and Scalar Quantities, Parallel Vectors, Direction Cosines and Direction Ratios of a Vector, Properties of Vectors, Unit Vector, Coinitial Vectors, Zero Vector, Vector, Equal Vectors, Position Vector, etc.
Important Questions on Basics of Vectors
If be vectors such that . The value of would be:

If a unit vector is represented by the value of c is:

Three vectors represent the position vectors of the vertices of the triangle such that , then the position vector of the orthocenter of the triangle is:

Position of a particle in a rectangular-coordinate system is . Then its position vector will be

If direction cosines of a vector are then it's vector equation is

In if is the midpoint of side and then

and are the mid points of the diagonals and respectively of quadrilateral then

A straight line which makes an angle of with each of -axes, makes an angle with -axis equal to

The direction cosines of the vector are


Calculate the magnitude of the given vector .

The angle between two adjacent sides and of parallelogram is . If and , then area of this parallelogram is

If is a vector in the direction of of magnitude and is a vector in the direction of of magnitude , then

Given three points whose position vector are given as and . If the points are collinear where are non-collinear, then

Which triangle is formed by the points whose position vectors are ?

Which triangle is formed by the points whose position vectors are ?

A vector of magnitude units along the vector is

If the vector and are colinear, find the value of .

Let and be three vectors. The area of the region formed by the set of points whose position vectors satisfy the equations and is closest to the integer.

Find a value of for which is a unit vector.
