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Practice · Grades 9–12

Vectors and coordinate geometry

Vectors and coordinate geometry

Warm-upHuman

Find the length of the vector v=(2,−3,6)v = (2, -3, 6).

Vectors and coordinate geometry

Warm-upHuman

Compute (1,2,3)⋅(4,−5,6)(1, 2, 3) \cdot (4, -5, 6).

Vectors and coordinate geometry

CoreHuman

For which number kk is (2,k)(2, k) perpendicular to (3,−6)(3, -6)?

Vectors and coordinate geometry

CoreHuman

Find the angle, in degrees, between u=(1,1,0)u = (1, 1, 0) and v=(1,0,1)v = (1, 0, 1).

Vectors and coordinate geometry

CoreHuman

Let u,v,wu, v, w be vectors in R3\R^3 and tt a number. Which of these expressions are vectors? (Choose all that apply.)

Choose all that apply

Vectors and coordinate geometry

CoreHuman

For non-zero vectors uu and vv, when is ∣u+v∣=∣u∣+∣v∣|u + v| = |u| + |v|?

Choose one

Vectors and coordinate geometry

CoreHuman

At which value of tt does the line (1,0,0)+t (1,2,2)(1, 0, 0) + t\,(1, 2, 2) meet the plane x+y+z=6x + y + z = 6?

Vectors and coordinate geometry

StretchHuman

In the vector proof that the diagonals of a parallelogram ABCDABCD bisect each other, which equation expresses 'ABCDABCD is a parallelogram' (with vertices in this order)?

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Vectors and coordinate geometry

StretchFormal

In Mathlib, ⟪u, v⟫ is the dot product and ‖u‖ the length. Which statement is the Cauchy–Schwarz inequality?

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Vectors and coordinate geometry

StretchComputational

Write projection(u, v) that returns the projection of uu onto a non-zero vector vv, u⋅vv⋅v v\dfrac{u\cdot v}{v \cdot v}\,v, as a list of Fractions (vectors are lists of integers of the same length, in any dimension). Raise ValueError if vv is the zero vector.

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