The question asks to find the magnitude (or squared magnitude) of a vector expression involving sums, differences, or linear combinations of given vectors.
As shown in the figure, on a plane $\alpha$ there is an equilateral triangle ABC with side length 3, and a sphere $S$ with radius 2 is tangent to the plane $\alpha$ at point A. For a point D on the sphere $S$ such that the segment AD passes through the center O of the sphere $S$, find the value of $| \overrightarrow { \mathrm { AB } } + \overrightarrow { \mathrm { DC } } | ^ { 2 }$. [4 points]
In coordinate space, the distance between point $\mathrm { P } ( 0,3,0 )$ and point $\mathrm { A } ( - 1,1 , a )$ is 2 times the distance between point P and point $\mathrm { B } ( 1,2 , - 1 )$. What is the value of the positive number $a$? [2 points] (1) $\sqrt { 7 }$ (2) $\sqrt { 6 }$ (3) $\sqrt { 5 }$ (4) 2 (5) $\sqrt { 3 }$
For two vectors $\vec { a } = ( 1,3 ) , \vec { b } = ( 5 , - 6 )$, what is the sum of all components of the vector $\vec { a } - \vec { b }$? [2 points] (1) 1 (2) 2 (3) 3 (4) 4 (5) 5
For two vectors $\vec { a } = ( 1 , - 2 ) , \vec { b } = ( - 1,4 )$, what is the sum of all components of the vector $\vec { a } + 2 \vec { b }$? [2 points] (1) 1 (2) 2 (3) 3 (4) 4 (5) 5
For two vectors $\vec { a } = ( 3,1 ) , \vec { b } = ( - 2,4 )$, what is the sum of all components of the vector $\vec { a } + \frac { 1 } { 2 } \vec { b }$? [2 points] (1) 1 (2) 2 (3) 3 (4) 4 (5) 5
For two vectors $\vec{a}$ and $\vec{b}$, $$|\vec{a}| = \sqrt{11}, \quad |\vec{b}| = 3, \quad |2\vec{a} - \vec{b}| = \sqrt{17}$$ What is the value of $|\vec{a} - \vec{b}|$? [3 points] (1) $\frac{\sqrt{2}}{2}$ (2) $\sqrt{2}$ (3) $\frac{3\sqrt{2}}{2}$ (4) $2\sqrt{2}$ (5) $\frac{5\sqrt{2}}{2}$
Given vectors $\boldsymbol{a}$ and $\boldsymbol{b}$ with an angle of $60 ^ { \circ }$ between them, $| \boldsymbol{a} | = 2$, and $| \boldsymbol{b} | = 1$, then $| \boldsymbol{a} + 2 \boldsymbol{b} | = $ \_\_\_\_
142- Three vectors $\vec{a} = (1,1,0)$, $\vec{b} = (-1,2,0)$, and $\vec{c}$ are non-coplanar, and $\vec{h} = (x,y,4)$ is the altitude vector of the parallelepiped formed by these three vectors. If $\vec{a} \cdot \vec{c} = 1$ and $\vec{b} \cdot \vec{c} = 5$, what is the magnitude of vector $\vec{c}$? (4) $\sqrt{21}$ (3) $\sqrt{19}$ (2) $4$ (1) $5$
24. Let A0 A1 A2 A3 A4 A5 be a regular hexagon inscribed in a circle of unit radius. Then the product of the lengths of the line segments A0 A1 A0 and A0 A4 is : (A) $3 / 4$ (B) $3 \sqrt { } 3$ (C) 3 (D) $( 3 \sqrt { } 3 ) / 2$
27. Let $\vec { a }$ and $\vec { b }$ be two non-collinear unit vectors. If $\vec { u } = \vec { a } - ( \vec { a } , \vec { b } ) \vec { b }$ and $\vec { v } = \vec { a } \times \vec { b }$, then $| \vec { v } |$ is: (A) $| \vec { u } |$ (B) $\quad | \vec { u } | + | \vec { u } \cdot \vec { a } |$ (C) $| \vec { u } | + | \vec { u } , \vec { b } |$ (D) $| \vec { u } | + \vec { u } \cdot ( \vec { a } + \vec { b } )$
The resultant of two forces P N and 3 N is a force of 7 N . If the direction of 3 N force were reversed, the resultant would be $\sqrt { 19 } \mathrm {~N}$. The value of P is (1) 5 N (2) 6 N (3) 3 N (4) 4 N
If the vectors $\overrightarrow{AB} = 3\hat{i} + 4\hat{k}$ and $\overrightarrow{AC} = 5\hat{i} - 2\hat{j} + 4\hat{k}$ are the sides of a triangle $ABC$, then the length of the median through $A$ is: (1) $\sqrt{33}$ (2) $\sqrt{45}$ (3) $\sqrt{18}$ (4) $\sqrt{72}$
Let the vectors $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}}, \overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}}, \overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}$ be such that $|\overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}}| = 2$, $|\overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}}| = 4$ and $|\overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}| = 4$. If the projection of $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}}$ on $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}}$ is equal to the projection of $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}$ on $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}}$ and $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}}$ is perpendicular to $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}$, then the value of $|\overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}} + \overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}} - \overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}|$ is ...
Let $\vec { x }$ be a vector in the plane containing vectors $\vec { a } = 2 \hat { i } - \hat { j } + \hat { k }$ and $\vec { b } = \hat { i } + 2 \hat { j } - \hat { k }$. If the vector $\vec { x }$ is perpendicular to $( 3 \hat { i } + 2 \hat { j } - \widehat { k } )$ and its projection on $\vec { a }$ is $\frac { 17 \sqrt { 6 } } { 2 }$, then the value of $| \vec { x } | ^ { 2 }$ is equal to $\_\_\_\_$ .
Let $\vec { a }$ and $\vec { b }$ be two vectors such that $| 2 \vec { a } + 3 \vec { b } | = | 3 \vec { a } + \vec { b } |$ and the angle between $\vec { a }$ and $\vec { b }$ is $60 ^ { \circ }$. If $\frac { 1 } { 8 } \vec { a }$ is a unit vector, then $| \vec { b } |$ is equal to : (1) 8 (2) 4 (3) 6 (4) 5
Two bodies of mass 1 kg and 3 kg have position vectors $\hat { \mathrm { i } } + 2 \hat { \mathrm { j } } + \widehat { \mathrm { k } }$ and $- 3 \hat { \mathrm { i } } - 2 \hat { \mathrm { j } } + \widehat { \mathrm { k } }$ respectively. The magnitude of position vector of centre of mass of this system will be similar to the magnitude of vector : (1) $\hat { \mathrm { i } } - 2 \hat { \mathrm { j } } + \widehat { \mathrm { k } }$ (2) $- 3 \hat { \mathrm { i } } - 2 \hat { \mathrm { j } } + \widehat { \mathrm { k } }$ (3) $- 2 \hat { \mathrm { i } } + 2 \widehat { \mathrm { k } }$ (4) $- 2 \hat { \mathrm { i } } - \hat { \mathrm { j } } + 2 \widehat { \mathrm { k } }$