(3.2) Use the elementary row operations to determine for which value (s) of
k
will the matrix below (6) be singular.
A=[[2,2,1,-k],[-1,1,2,1],[1,-2,k,0],[0,1,-1,1]]
Question 4: 12 Marks (4.1) Find the area of the triangle with the given vertices
A(1,3),B(-3,5)
, and
C
with
C=2A
. (4.2) Use the data above to find the coordinates of the point
D
such that the quadrilateral
ABCD
is a parallelogram. 31 (4.3) Sketch the triangle with vertices
A(1,2),B(3,5)
, and
C(2,4)
and the points
D(0,2),E(0,5)
and
F(0,4)
on the same
xy
-plane. Use the determinant to find the area of the triangle. (4.4) Consider the points
(1,3,-1)
and
(2,1,-5)
. Evaluate the distance between the two points. Question 5: 3 Marks Consider the vectors
vec(u)=(:-2,2,-3:),vec(v)=(:-1,3,-4:),vec(w)=(:2,-6,2:)
. Evaluate (5.1)
||-(2(vec(u))-3(vec(v)))+(1)/(2)(vec(w))||
. (5.2) The unit vector in the direction of
vec(w)
. Question 6: 2 Marks We assume given a plane
U
passing by the tip of the vectors
vec(u)=<-1,1,2:
and
vec(w)=(:1,1,3:)
. (6.1) Find the dot products
vec(u)*vec(v)
and
vec(w)*vec(v)
(6.2) Determine whether or not there is a vector
vec(n)
that is perpendicular to
U
. If yes, then find the vector
vec(n)
. Otherwise explain why such a vector does not exist? Question 7: 3 Marks Prove that the dot product between two vectors in 3-D is commutative and not associative Question 8: 4 Marks Determine whether
vec(u)
and
vec(v)
are orthogonal vectors, make an acute or obtuse angle: (8.1)
vec(u)=(:1,3,-2:),vec(v)=(:-5,3,2:)
. (8.2)
vec(u)=<1,-2,4:
. Question 9: 4 Marks Determine proj
vec(a)vec(u)
the orthogonal projection of
vec(u)
on
vec(a)
and deduce
||
proj
vec(a)vec(u)||
for (9.1)
vec(u)=(:-2,1,-3:),vec(a)=(:-2,1,2:)
. Also find orthogonal complement and the orthogonal component of
vec(u)
along
vec(a)
.