The Scalar Product of Vectors

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The Scalar Product of Vectors: Overview

This topic consists of various concepts like Multiplication of Vectors,Calculation of Angle Between Two Vectors Using Scalar Product,Scalar Product of Two Vectors, etc.

Important Questions on The Scalar Product of Vectors

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 The projection of the vector AB on the directed line l, if angle θ=π will be

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If A=(2i^+3j^-k^) m and B=(i^+2j^+2k^) m. The magnitude of component of vector A along vector B will be _____m

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Which of the following vector is perpendicular to the vector A=2i^+3j^+4k^ ?

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The x-y plane is the horizontal ground and z-axis is vertical. A gun is placed at the origin and aimed at a point having coordinates 2, 15, z m. The gun makes an angle of 60° with y direction. Height of the point A above the ground is

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If a^ and b^ are two unit vectors such that a^+2b^ and 5a^-4b^ are perpendicular to each other, then the angle between a^ and b^ is:
Given 5a^-4b^·a^+2b^=0

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The two vectors A=2i^+j^+3k^ and B=7i^-5j^-3k^ are

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Vectors A and B lie in a xy plane. A has magnitude 8.00 and angle 130° with the x-axis ;B has components BX=-7.72 and By=-9.20. What are the angles between the negative direction of the y-axis and (a) the direction of A (b)  the direction of the product A×B, and (c) the dirction of A×B+3.00k^?

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An ant starts from the origin and crawls 10 cm along the x-axis and then 20 cm along the y-axis. The dot product of the ant's displacement vector with the position vector of a point that makes 45° with the x-axis and has a magnitude of 2 cm is

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A vector is given as A=4i^+7j^. What would be the angle, the vector A makes with y-axis

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If vectors are A=i^+j^+k^ and B=-i^-j^-k^, then find the angle between A-B and A.

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The particles A and B move in x-y plane such that both have constant acceleration aA=-10j^ m s-2 and aB=-5j^ m s-2 respectively. The velocities of particles at t=0 are uA=-5i^+20j^ m s-1 and uB=-2.5i^+10j^ m s-1. At time t=0, particle A is at origin and particle B is at point having coordinates (5 metres,0). Find the instant of time in seconds at which angle between velocity of A and velocity of B is 180°

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The angle between two vectors A=2i^+j^-k^ and B=i^-2j^-3k^ is

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Vectors p and q are such that|p·q|=|p×q| , what is magnitude of r=p+q.

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The angle between A and B is θ. The value of the triple product A·B×A is

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The position of a particle is r=a cos ω t i^+a sin ω t j^. . The velocity vector of the particle is

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Given that a·b=0 and a×c=0. Then the angle between b and c is

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The projection of a on b is

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If a.b=a×b then the angle between a and b is,

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The vector sum of two forces is perpendicular to their vector difference. In that case, the forces are

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If a+b=a-b, the angle between a and b is