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Vectors – Formula Sheet:

2D Vectors:
V X =Vcos ( θ )
V Y =Vsin ( θ )

θ=tan
−1
( )
VY
VX
|V |=√ V 2X +V 2Y


V =|V |cos ( θ ) i+ ¿ V ∨sin ( θ ) j

Scalar Dot Product:



A∙⃗
B =| A||B|cos ( θ )= A X B X + A Y BY + A Z B Z

| A|=√ A2X + A 2Y + A 2Z
|B|=√ B2X +B 2Y + B2Z

Vector Cross Product:

| |
i j k

Ax⃗
B=|A||B|sin ( θ ) r^ = A X AY AZ
BX BY BZ


Ax⃗
B= ( A Y BZ −A Z B Y ) i+ ( A Z B X − A X BZ ) j+ ( A X BY − AY B X ) k

Unit Vector – A vector with a magnitude of 1 that


is used to give direction to another vector.


V

U=
¿ V ∨¿ ¿

Standard Unit Vectors:

i=¿ 1 , 0 , 0>i∙ i=1 i∙ j=0


j=¿ 0 , 1, 0> j∙ j=1 j∙ k =0
k =¿ 0 , 0 ,1> k ∙ k=1 i∙ k=0

i x j=k j x i=−k i x i=0


j x k=i k x j=−i j x j=0
k x i= j i x k=− j k x k =0

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Position Vector:

r AB=( X B− X A ) i+ ( Y B −Y A ) j+ ( Z B −Z A ) k

r AB=r x i+r y j+r z k


r x =X B−X A r y =Y B−Y A r z=Z B −Z A

r AB|=√ r 2x +r 2y + r 2z
|⃗


r AB
r^ =
r x i+r y j+r z k
¿ r ∨¿= ¿
√ r +r
2
x
2
y
2
+r z

Vector Addition:


R =⃗
A +⃗
B


R =( A X + B X ) i+ ( A Y + BY ) j+ ( A Z +B Z ) k

|R|=√ ¿ A∨¿ 2+ ¿ B∨¿2 +2|A|∨B∨cos ( θ ) ¿ ¿

Finding The Angle Between Two


Vectors:
−1
θ=cos ¿

(√ )
−1 A X B X + AY B Y + A Z B Z
θ=cos
A + A Y + A Z × √ B X + BY + B Z
2 2 2 2 2 2
x

Scalar Projection: Vector Projection:

⃗ a⃗ ∙ b⃗ a⃗ ∙ b⃗
Comp ⃗a b= Proj⃗a ⃗b=
¿ a∨¿ b onto a ¿ 2
¿ a∨¿ ∙ ⃗a b onto a¿

a⃗ ∙ ⃗b a⃗ ∙ ⃗b
Comp ⃗b ⃗a= Proj⃗b ⃗a =
¿ b∨¿ a onto b¿ ¿ b∨¿ ∙ ⃗b a onto b¿
2

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Scalar Triple Product:

| |
A X AY AZ

A ∙ (⃗
Bx⃗
C ) =det B X BY B Z
CX CY CZ

¿ ( AY B Z − A Z BY ) C X + ( A Z B X −A X BZ ) C Y +( A X BY − AY B X )C Z


A ∙ (⃗
Bx⃗
C ) =⃗
B ∙ (⃗
Cx⃗ ⃗ ∙( ⃗
A )= C A x⃗
B)


A ∙ (⃗
Bx⃗
C ) =−⃗
A ∙( ⃗
Cx⃗
B)

Vector Triple Product:



A x(⃗ ⃗ )= ( ⃗
B xC ⃗)⃗
A ∙C B −( ⃗
A∙⃗
B)⃗
C

Area of a Triangle:
1
Area= |⃗ AC|
AB x ⃗
2

Area of a Parallelogram:

Area=|⃗ AD|
AB x ⃗

Volume of a Parallelepiped: (Triple Scalar


Product)

Volume=|⃗
A ∙( ⃗ C )|
B x⃗

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Direction Angles:

VX
cos ( α )=
VY
¿ V ∨¿ cos ( β )= ¿
VZ
¿ V ∨¿ cos ( γ )= ¿
¿ V ∨¿ ¿


V =|V |cos ( α ) i+|V |cos ( β ) j+|V |cos ( γ ) k

2 2 2
cos ( α ) +cos ( β ) +cos ( γ )=1

VX
^ =U =
V V
VY
¿ V ∨¿ i+ ¿
VZ
¿ V ∨¿ j+ ¿
¿ V ∨¿ k ¿

^ =U =cos ( α ) i +cos ( β ) j+cos ( γ ) k


V V

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