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{"name": "Harry's copy of Elementary operations on vectors, ", "extensions": [], "custom_part_types": [], "resources": [], "navigation": {"allowregen": true, "showfrontpage": false, "preventleave": false, "typeendtoleave": false}, "question_groups": [{"pickingStrategy": "all-ordered", "questions": [{"statement": "<p>You are given the vectors</p>\n<p>\\begin{align}<br/> \\boldsymbol{v} &amp; =\\simplify[std]{vector({a},{b},{g})}, &amp;<br/>\\boldsymbol{w} &amp;= \\simplify[std]{vector({c},{d},{f})}\\qquad \\in{\\mathbb R}^3.<br/>\\end{align}</p>\n<p>Enter your answers to the following questions exactly, using the function <code>sqrt(x)</code> if necessary.</p>", "question_groups": [{"pickingStrategy": "all-ordered", "pickQuestions": 0, "questions": [], "name": ""}], "advice": "<h4>a)</h4>\n<p>\\[\\boldsymbol{v}+\\boldsymbol{w} = \\var{vector(a,b,g)} + \\var{vector(c,d,f)} = \\var{vector(a+c,b+d,g+f)} \\]</p>\n<h4>b)</h4>\n<p>In general for a vector $\\boldsymbol{x}= \\begin{pmatrix}x_1 \\\\ x_2 \\\\ x_3 \\end{pmatrix}$, we have $\\lVert \\boldsymbol{x} \\rVert = \\sqrt{x_1^2+x_2^2+x_3^2}$.</p>\n<p>Hence:</p>\n<p>\\begin{align}<br/>\\lVert \\boldsymbol{v} \\rVert &amp;= \\sqrt{\\var{a^2}+\\var{b^2}+\\var{g^2}} = \\simplify[all]{ sqrt({a^2+b^2+g^2})} \\\\<br/>\\lVert \\boldsymbol{w} \\rVert &amp;= \\sqrt{\\var{c^2}+\\var{d^2}+\\var{f^2}} = \\simplify[all]{ sqrt({c^2+d^2+f^2})} \\\\ <br/>\\lVert \\boldsymbol{v+w} \\rVert &amp;= \\sqrt{\\var{(a+c)^2}+\\var{(b+d)^2}+\\var{(g+f)^2}} = \\simplify[all]{ sqrt({(a+c)^2+(b+d)^2+(f+g)^2})}<br/>\\end{align}</p>\n<h4>c)</h4>\n<p>Given a vector $\\boldsymbol{x}= \\begin{pmatrix} x_1 \\\\ x_2 \\\\ x_3 \\end{pmatrix}$, the unit vector parallel to $\\boldsymbol{x}$ is given by:</p>\n<p>\\[ \\boldsymbol{u_x}&nbsp;= \\frac{1}{\\lVert \\boldsymbol{x} \\rVert} \\begin{pmatrix} x_1 \\\\ x_2 \\\\ x_3 \\end{pmatrix} = \\begin{pmatrix} \\frac{x_1}{\\lVert \\boldsymbol{x} \\rVert} \\\\ \\frac{x_2}{\\lVert \\boldsymbol{x} \\rVert} \\\\ \\frac{x_3}{\\lVert \\boldsymbol{x} \\rVert}&nbsp;\\end{pmatrix} \\]</p>\n<p>For this example we have $\\lVert \\boldsymbol{v+w} \\rVert =\\simplify[std]{sqrt({(a+c)^2+(b+d)^2+(f+g)^2})}$, hence:</p>\n<p>\\begin{align} <br/>&amp;&amp;\\boldsymbol{z} = \\boldsymbol{v} + \\boldsymbol{w} &amp;= \\begin{pmatrix} \\var{a+c} \\\\ \\var{b+d} \\\\ \\var{g+f} \\end{pmatrix} \\\\<br/>\\implies &amp;&amp; \\boldsymbol{u_z}&nbsp;&amp;= \\frac{1}{\\sqrt{\\var{ssquares}}} \\begin{pmatrix} \\var{a+c} \\\\ \\var{b+d} \\\\ \\var{g+f} \\end{pmatrix} \\\\[1em]&nbsp;<br/>&amp;&amp; &amp;= \\begin{pmatrix} \\simplify[std]{{a+c}/sqrt({ssquares})} \\\\ \\simplify[std]{{b+d}/sqrt({ssquares})} \\\\ \\simplify[std]{{g+f}/sqrt({ssquares})} \\end{pmatrix}<br/>\\end{align}</p>\n<h4>d)</h4>\n<p>\\begin{align}<br/>\\var{a4}\\boldsymbol{v} &amp;= \\simplify{vector({a4}*{a}, {a4}*{b}, {a4}*{g})} \\\\[1em]<br/>&amp;= \\var{a4*vector(a,b,g)}<br/>\\end{align}</p>\n<p>\\begin{align}<br/>\\var{-b4}\\boldsymbol{v} &amp;= \\simplify{vector({-b4}*{c}, {-b4}*{d}, {-b4}*{f})} \\\\[1em]<br/>&amp;= \\var{-b4*vector(c,d,f)}<br/>\\end{align}</p>\n<h4>e)</h4>\n<p>Using the information above, the unit vector parallel to $\\boldsymbol{v}$ is:</p>\n<p>\\[ \\boldsymbol{u_v}&nbsp;= \\begin{pmatrix} \\simplify[std]{{a}/sqrt({ssquaresA})} \\\\ \\simplify[std]{{b}/sqrt({ssquaresA})} \\\\ \\simplify[std]{{g}/sqrt({ssquaresA})}&nbsp;\\end{pmatrix}&nbsp;\\]</p>\n<p>and the unit vector anti-parallel to $\\boldsymbol{w}$ is:</p>\n<p>\\[ -\\boldsymbol{u_w} = \\begin{pmatrix} \\simplify[std]{{-c}/sqrt({ssquaresB})} \\\\ \\simplify[std]{{-d}/sqrt({ssquaresB})} \\\\ \\simplify[std]{{-f}/sqrt({ssquaresB})}&nbsp;\\end{pmatrix}&nbsp;\\]</p>", "type": "question", "ungrouped_variables": ["b4", "q", "s3", "s2", "s1", "s5", "s4", "ssquares", "v1", "v2", "a4", "a", "c", "b", "d", "g", "f", "m", "n", "ssquaresb", "ssquaresa", "v"], "functions": {}, "variable_groups": [], "tags": ["addition of vectors", "checked2015", "mas1602", "MAS1602", "MAS2104", "modulus of vectors", "parallel vectors", "scalar multiple of vectors", "sum of vectors", "unit vectors", "vector", "Vector", "vectors"], "variablesTest": {"maxRuns": 100, "condition": ""}, "name": "Harry's copy of Elementary operations on vectors, ", "rulesets": {"std": ["all", "fractionNumbers", "!collectNumbers", "!noLeadingMinus"]}, "parts": [{"marks": 0, "type": "gapfill", "prompt": "<p>Find $\\boldsymbol{v}+\\boldsymbol{w} = $ [[0]]</p>", "gaps": [{"marks": "0.6", "correctAnswerFractions": false, "correctAnswer": "v", "type": "matrix", "tolerance": 0, "scripts": {}, "allowFractions": false, "showCorrectAnswer": true, "allowResize": false, "numColumns": 1, "variableReplacements": [], "numRows": "3", "variableReplacementStrategy": "originalfirst", "markPerCell": false}], "variableReplacementStrategy": "originalfirst", "variableReplacements": [], "scripts": {}, "showCorrectAnswer": true}, {"marks": 0, "type": "gapfill", "prompt": "<p>Calculate the following.</p>\n<p>$\\lVert \\boldsymbol{v} \\rVert=$&nbsp;[[0]]</p>\n<p>$\\lVert \\boldsymbol{w} \\rVert = $&nbsp;[[1]]</p>\n<p>$\\lVert \\boldsymbol{v}+\\boldsymbol{w} \\rVert = $&nbsp;[[2]]</p>", "gaps": [{"marks": 0.6, "vsetrangepoints": 5, "expectedvariablenames": [], "showpreview": true, "type": "jme", "answer": "sqrt({a^2+b^2+g^2})", "checkingtype": "absdiff", "checkingaccuracy": 0.001, "showCorrectAnswer": true, "answersimplification": "std", "variableReplacementStrategy": "originalfirst", "vsetrange": [0, 1], "variableReplacements": [], "scripts": {}, "checkvariablenames": false}, {"marks": 0.6, "vsetrangepoints": 5, "expectedvariablenames": [], "showpreview": true, "type": "jme", "answer": "sqrt({c^2+d^2+f^2})", "checkingtype": "absdiff", "checkingaccuracy": 0.001, "showCorrectAnswer": true, "answersimplification": "std", "variableReplacementStrategy": "originalfirst", "vsetrange": [0, 1], "variableReplacements": [], "scripts": {}, "checkvariablenames": false}, {"marks": 0.6, "vsetrangepoints": 5, "expectedvariablenames": [], "showpreview": true, "type": "jme", "answer": "sqrt({(a+c)^2+ (b+d)^2 +(g+f)^2})", "checkingtype": "absdiff", "checkingaccuracy": 0.001, "showCorrectAnswer": true, "answersimplification": "std", "variableReplacementStrategy": "originalfirst", "vsetrange": [0, 1], "variableReplacements": [], "scripts": {}, "checkvariablenames": false}], "variableReplacementStrategy": "originalfirst", "variableReplacements": [], "scripts": {}, "showCorrectAnswer": true}, {"marks": 0, "type": "gapfill", "prompt": "<p>Let $\\boldsymbol{z}=\\boldsymbol{v}+\\boldsymbol{w}$.</p>\n<p>Find the unit vector $\\boldsymbol{u_z}$ in the direction of $\\boldsymbol{z}$. Write $\\boldsymbol{u_z}$ as a row vector.</p>\n<p>$\\boldsymbol{u_z}= \\big($ [[0]],&nbsp;[[1]],&nbsp;[[2]] $\\big)$</p>\n<p>You must enter your answers exactly, using the function <code>sqrt(x)</code> if necessary.</p>", "gaps": [{"marks": 0.6, "vsetrangepoints": 5, "expectedvariablenames": [], "showpreview": true, "type": "jme", "answer": "({(a + c)} / Sqrt({(((a + c) ^ 2) + ((b + d) ^ 2) + ((g + f) ^ 2))}))", "checkingtype": "absdiff", "checkingaccuracy": 0.001, "showCorrectAnswer": true, "answersimplification": "std", "variableReplacementStrategy": "originalfirst", "vsetrange": [0, 1], "variableReplacements": [], "scripts": {}, "checkvariablenames": false}, {"marks": 0.6, "vsetrangepoints": 5, "expectedvariablenames": [], "showpreview": true, "type": "jme", "answer": "({(b + d)} / Sqrt({(((a + c) ^ 2) + ((b + d) ^ 2) + ((g + f) ^ 2))}))", "checkingtype": "absdiff", "checkingaccuracy": 0.001, "showCorrectAnswer": true, "answersimplification": "std", "variableReplacementStrategy": "originalfirst", "vsetrange": [0, 1], "variableReplacements": [], "scripts": {}, "checkvariablenames": false}, {"marks": 0.6, "vsetrangepoints": 5, "expectedvariablenames": [], "showpreview": true, "type": "jme", "answer": "({(g + f)} / Sqrt({(((a + c) ^ 2) + ((b + d) ^ 2) + ((g + f) ^ 2))}))", "checkingtype": "absdiff", "checkingaccuracy": 0.001, "showCorrectAnswer": true, "answersimplification": "std", "variableReplacementStrategy": "originalfirst", "vsetrange": [0, 1], "variableReplacements": [], "scripts": {}, "checkvariablenames": false}], "variableReplacementStrategy": "originalfirst", "variableReplacements": [], "scripts": {}, "showCorrectAnswer": true}, {"marks": 0, "type": "gapfill", "prompt": "<p>Find</p>\n<p>$\\var{a4}\\boldsymbol{v} = $ [[0]]</p>\n<p>$\\var{b4}\\boldsymbol{w} = $ [[1]]</p>", "gaps": [{"marks": "0.6", "correctAnswerFractions": false, "correctAnswer": "a4*v1", "type": "matrix", "tolerance": 0, "scripts": {}, "allowFractions": false, "showCorrectAnswer": true, "allowResize": false, "numColumns": 1, "variableReplacements": [], "numRows": "3", "variableReplacementStrategy": "originalfirst", "markPerCell": false}, {"marks": "0.6", "correctAnswerFractions": false, "correctAnswer": "b4*v2", "type": "matrix", "tolerance": 0, "scripts": {}, "allowFractions": false, "showCorrectAnswer": true, "allowResize": false, "numColumns": 1, "variableReplacements": [], "numRows": "3", "variableReplacementStrategy": "originalfirst", "markPerCell": false}], "variableReplacementStrategy": "originalfirst", "variableReplacements": [], "scripts": {}, "showCorrectAnswer": true}, {"marks": 0, "type": "gapfill", "prompt": "<p>Find the unit vector $\\boldsymbol{u_v}$ parallel to $\\boldsymbol{v}$, and the unit vector $-\\boldsymbol{u_w}$ anti-parallel to $\\boldsymbol{w}$. Write both vectors as row vectors.</p>\n<p>$\\boldsymbol{u_v} = \\big($ [[0]], [[1]],&nbsp;[[2]] $\\big)$</p>\n<p>$-\\boldsymbol{u_w} = \\big($&nbsp;[[3]],&nbsp;[[4]],&nbsp;[[5]]&nbsp;$\\big)$</p>", "gaps": [{"marks": 0.6, "vsetrangepoints": 5, "expectedvariablenames": [], "showpreview": true, "type": "jme", "answer": "({a} / Sqrt({(({a} ^ 2) + ({b} ^ 2) + ({g} ^ 2))}))", "checkingtype": "absdiff", "checkingaccuracy": 0.001, "showCorrectAnswer": true, "answersimplification": "std", "variableReplacementStrategy": "originalfirst", "vsetrange": [0, 1], "variableReplacements": [], "scripts": {}, "checkvariablenames": false}, {"marks": 0.6, "vsetrangepoints": 5, "expectedvariablenames": [], "showpreview": true, "type": "jme", "answer": "({b} / Sqrt({(({a} ^ 2) + ({b} ^ 2) + ({g} ^ 2))}))", "checkingtype": "absdiff", "checkingaccuracy": 0.001, "showCorrectAnswer": true, "answersimplification": "std", "variableReplacementStrategy": "originalfirst", "vsetrange": [0, 1], "variableReplacements": [], "scripts": {}, "checkvariablenames": false}, {"marks": 0.6, "vsetrangepoints": 5, "expectedvariablenames": [], "showpreview": true, "type": "jme", "answer": "({g} / Sqrt({(({a} ^ 2) + ({b} ^ 2) + ({g} ^ 2))}))", "checkingtype": "absdiff", "checkingaccuracy": 0.001, "showCorrectAnswer": true, "answersimplification": "std", "variableReplacementStrategy": "originalfirst", "vsetrange": [0, 1], "variableReplacements": [], "scripts": {}, "checkvariablenames": false}, {"marks": 0.6, "vsetrangepoints": 5, "expectedvariablenames": [], "showpreview": true, "type": "jme", "answer": "({( - c)} / Sqrt({(({c} ^ 2) + ({d} ^ 2) + ({f} ^ 2))}))", "checkingtype": "absdiff", "checkingaccuracy": 0.001, "showCorrectAnswer": true, "answersimplification": "std", "variableReplacementStrategy": "originalfirst", "vsetrange": [0, 1], "variableReplacements": [], "scripts": {}, "checkvariablenames": false}, {"marks": 0.6, "vsetrangepoints": 5, "expectedvariablenames": [], "showpreview": true, "type": "jme", "answer": "({( - d)} / Sqrt({(({c} ^ 2) + ({d} ^ 2) + ({f} ^ 2))}))", "checkingtype": "absdiff", "checkingaccuracy": 0.001, "showCorrectAnswer": true, "answersimplification": "std", "variableReplacementStrategy": "originalfirst", "vsetrange": [0, 1], "variableReplacements": [], "scripts": {}, "checkvariablenames": false}, {"marks": 0.6, "vsetrangepoints": 5, "expectedvariablenames": [], "showpreview": true, "type": "jme", "answer": "({( - f)} / Sqrt({(({c} ^ 2) + ({d} ^ 2) + ({f} ^ 2))}))", "checkingtype": "absdiff", "checkingaccuracy": 0.001, "showCorrectAnswer": true, "answersimplification": "std", "variableReplacementStrategy": "originalfirst", "vsetrange": [0, 1], "variableReplacements": [], "scripts": {}, "checkvariablenames": false}], "variableReplacementStrategy": "originalfirst", "variableReplacements": [], "scripts": {}, "showCorrectAnswer": true}], "variables": {"v": {"definition": "v1+v2", "name": "v", "group": "Ungrouped variables", "templateType": "anything", "description": ""}, "f": {"definition": "random(2..9)", "name": "f", "group": "Ungrouped variables", "templateType": "anything", "description": ""}, "ssquaresa": {"definition": "(a)^2+(b)^2+(g)^2", "name": "ssquaresa", "group": "Ungrouped variables", "templateType": "anything", "description": ""}, "c": {"definition": "s3*random(2..9)", "name": "c", "group": "Ungrouped variables", "templateType": "anything", "description": ""}, "s3": {"definition": "random(1,-1)", "name": "s3", "group": "Ungrouped variables", "templateType": "anything", "description": ""}, "ssquares": {"definition": "(a+c)^2+(b+d)^2+(f+g)^2", "name": "ssquares", "group": "Ungrouped variables", "templateType": "anything", "description": ""}, "v1": {"definition": "vector(a,b,g)", "name": "v1", "group": "Ungrouped variables", "templateType": "anything", "description": ""}, "ssquaresb": {"definition": "(c)^2+(d)^2+(f)^2", "name": "ssquaresb", "group": "Ungrouped variables", "templateType": "anything", "description": ""}, "m": {"definition": "matrix([a,b],[c,d])", "name": "m", "group": "Ungrouped variables", "templateType": "anything", "description": ""}, "v2": {"definition": "vector(c,d,f)", "name": "v2", "group": "Ungrouped variables", "templateType": "anything", "description": ""}, "s5": {"definition": "random(1,-1)", "name": "s5", "group": "Ungrouped variables", "templateType": "anything", "description": ""}, "g": {"definition": "s1*random(2..9)", "name": "g", "group": "Ungrouped variables", "templateType": "anything", "description": ""}, "s4": {"definition": "random(1,-1)", "name": "s4", "group": "Ungrouped variables", "templateType": "anything", "description": ""}, "s1": {"definition": "random(1,-1)", "name": "s1", "group": "Ungrouped variables", "templateType": "anything", "description": ""}, "n": {"definition": "matrix([a,b],[c,d])", "name": "n", "group": "Ungrouped variables", "templateType": "anything", "description": ""}, "a4": {"definition": "random(3..9)", "name": "a4", "group": "Ungrouped variables", "templateType": "anything", "description": ""}, "b": {"definition": "s2*random(2..9)", "name": "b", "group": "Ungrouped variables", "templateType": "anything", "description": ""}, "q": {"definition": "M+N", "name": "q", "group": "Ungrouped variables", "templateType": "anything", "description": ""}, "b4": {"definition": "-random(3..9)", "name": "b4", "group": "Ungrouped variables", "templateType": "anything", "description": ""}, "s2": {"definition": "random(1,-1)", "name": "s2", "group": "Ungrouped variables", "templateType": "anything", "description": ""}, "a": {"definition": "s1*random(2..9)", "name": "a", "group": "Ungrouped variables", "templateType": "anything", "description": ""}, "d": {"definition": "s4*random(2..9)", "name": "d", "group": "Ungrouped variables", "templateType": "anything", "description": ""}}, "preamble": {"css": "", "js": ""}, "showQuestionGroupNames": false, "metadata": {"notes": "<p><strong>14/7/2015</strong></p>\n<p>Added module tag</p>\n<p><strong></strong></p>\n<p><strong>12/07/2012:</strong></p>\n<p>Added tags.</p>\n<p>Question appears to be working correctly.</p>", "description": "<p>Elementary operations on vectors; sum, modulus, unit vector, scalar multiple.&nbsp;</p>", "licence": "Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International"}, "contributors": [{"name": "Harry Flynn", "profile_url": "https://numbas.mathcentre.ac.uk/accounts/profile/976/"}]}]}], "contributors": [{"name": "Harry Flynn", "profile_url": "https://numbas.mathcentre.ac.uk/accounts/profile/976/"}]}