Displacement d1is in the yz plane 63.0°from the positive direction of the y axis, has a positive z component, and has a magnitude of 4.50 m. Displacement is in the xz plane 30.0°from the positive direction of the x axis, has a positive z component, and has magnitude 1.40 m. What are (a)d1.d2, (b) role="math" localid="1656999023128" d1×d2, and (c) the angle between d1and d2?

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(a) The dot product is 2.81.

(b) Cross product is 1.43i+4.86j-2.48k.

(c) The direction is 63.5°.

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Step 1: Given

d1=4.50cos63j+sin63k=2.04j+4.01kd2=1.40cos30i+sin30k=1.21i+0.7k

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Determining the concept

Here, use rule of vector product, dot product and cross product. Dot product of two vectors is scalar quantity and cross product of two vectors is vector quantity.

Formula is as follows:

cosθ=d1.d2d1d2

Where,

role="math" localid="1656999888380" d1,d2Are displacement vectors.

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(a) Determining d1→.d2→

Using the formula for the dot product,

d1.d2=2.04j+4.01k.1.21i+0.7k)=2.81

Thus,the dot product is 2.81.

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(b) Determining d1→×d2→

Using the formula for the cross product,

d1×d2=2.04j+4.0k×1.21i+0.7k=1.43i+4.86j-2.48k

Thus, cross product is 1.43i+4.86j-2.48k.

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(c) Determining anangle

Magnitude ofd1 is as follow:

d1=2.042+4.012=4.50

Magnitude of is as follow:

d2=1.212+0.72=1.40

Therefore, the direction is given as,

cosθ=d1.d2d1d2=2.814.5×1.40θ=63.5°

Hence, thedirection is 63.5°.

Therefore, from the given information, vectors in the unit vector notation form can be written. Using the formula for the dot product and cross product, the answers can be found. It is also possible to find the angle between them using the property of dot product.

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