Chapter 3: Q9P (page 105)

Let $A = 2 i + 3 j$ and $B = 4 i - 4 j$ . Show graphically, and find algebraically, the vectors $- A, 3 B, A - B, B + 2 A, \frac{1}{2} (A + B)$ .

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We use the rules of adding vectors graphically to solve this problem.

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Concept of vector

There are two ways to get the sum of two vectors. One is by the parallelogram law and the other is to find $A + B$ , place the tail of $B$ at the head of $A$ and draw the vector from the tail of $A$ to the head of $B$ .

Step 2: Calculating the vectors

Given: $A = 2 i + 3 j$ and $B = 4 i - 4 j$ .

$- A = - (2 i + 3 j) = - 2 i - 3 j$

which is shown in the following graph

$3 B = 3 (4 i - 4 j) = 12 i - 12 j$

As shown in the following graph

$∙ (A - B)$ vector:

$A - B = (2 i + 3 j) - (4 i - 4 j) = - 2 i + 7 j$

As shown in Graph

$∙ (B + 2 A)$ vector:

$B + 2 A = 4 i - 4 j + 2 (2 i + 3 j) = 4 i - 4 j + 4 i + 6 j = 8 i + 2 j$

Graph of the vector is as follows

$∙ (\frac{1}{2} (A + B))$ vector:

$\frac{1}{2} (A + B) = \frac{1}{2} (2 i + 3 j + 4 i - 4 j) = 3 i - \frac{1}{2} j$

The graph of the vector is shown below.

We use the rules of adding vectors graphically to solve this problem.

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Let $A = 2 i + 3 j$ and $B = 4 i - 4 j$ . Show graphically, and find algebraically, the vectors $- A, 3 B, A - B, B + 2 A, \frac{1}{2} (A + B)$ .

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