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Given the following vectors: vec A = - 3i + 2j - k vec B = i - 4k vec C = - 5i + j - 2k vec D = i - j + 6k vec E = 4i - 2j + 5k Solve for : 1. vec A * vec D 2. vec B * vec E 3. vec A * vec C 4. vec C * vec B 5. vec D * vec A 6. | vec E * vec C | 7. Angle between vec A and vec B 8. Angle between vec B and vec C 9. Angle between vec C and vec D 10. Angle between vec A and vec E

Question

Given the following vectors: vec A = - 3i + 2j - k vec B = i - 4k vec C = - 5i + j - 2k vec D = i - j + 6k vec E = 4i - 2j + 5k Solve for :

  1. vec A * vec D
  2. vec B * vec E
  3. vec A * vec C
  4. vec C * vec B
  5. vec D * vec A
  6. | vec E * vec C |
  7. Angle between vec A and vec B
  8. Angle between vec B and vec C
  9. Angle between vec C and vec D
  10. Angle between vec A and vec E
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Solution

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  1. vec A * vec D: This is the dot product of vectors A and D. The dot product is calculated as (A.x * D.x) + (A.y * D.y) + (A.z * D.z) = (-31) + (2-1) + (-1*6) = -3 -2 -6 = -11

  2. vec B * vec E: This is the dot product of vectors B and E. The dot product is calculated as (B.x * E.x) + (B.y * E.y) + (B.z * E.z) = (14) + (0-2) + (-4*5) = 4 - 20 = -16

  3. vec A * vec C: This is the dot product of vectors A and C. The dot product is calculated as (A.x * C.x) + (A.y * C.y) + (A.z * C.z) = (-3*-5) + (21) + (-1-2) = 15 + 2 + 2 = 19

  4. vec C * vec B: This is the dot product of vectors C and B. The dot product is calculated as (C.x * B.x) + (C.y * B.y) + (C.z * B.z) = (-51) + (10) + (-2*-4) = -5 + 8 = 3

  5. vec D * vec A: This is the dot product of vectors D and A. The dot product is calculated as (D.x * A.x) + (D.y * A.y) + (D.z * A.z) = (1*-3) + (-12) + (6-1) = -3 -2 -6 = -11

  6. | vec E * vec C |: This is the magnitude of the cross product of vectors E and C. The cross product is a vector, and its magnitude is calculated as sqrt((E.yC.z - E.zC.y)^2 + (E.zC.x - E.xC.z)^2 + (E.xC.y - E.yC.x)^2). You can substitute the values of E and C into this formula to get the result.

      1. The angle between two vectors A and B can be calculated using the formula cos(theta) = (A * B) / (|A| * |B|), where (A * B) is the dot product of A and B, and |A| and |B| are the magnitudes of A and B, respectively. You can substitute the values of the vectors into this formula to get the angles.

Please note that the results for the angles will be in radians. To convert them to degrees, you can use the formula degrees = radians * (180/pi).

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