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A girl walks 4 km towards west, then she walks 3 km in a direction `30^(@)` east of north and stops. Determine the girl’s displacement from her initial point of departure.

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`(-5)/(2)hati+(3sqrt(3))/(2)hatj`
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  5. Find the value of x for which x(hati+hatj+hatk) is a unit vector.

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  6. Find a vector of magnitude 5 units and parallel to the resultant of th...

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  8. Show that the points A(1,-2,-8),B(5,0,-2)andC(11,3,7) are collinear , ...

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  9. Find the position vector of a point R which divides the line joining t...

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  10. The two adjacent sides of a parallelogram are 2hati-4hatj+5kandhati-2h...

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  11. Show that the direction cosines of a vector equally inclined to the ax...

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  12. Let veca=hati+4hatj+2hatk,vecb=3hati-2hatj+7hatkandvecc=2hati-hatj+4ha...

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  13. The scalar product of the vector hati+hatj+hatk with a unit vector alo...

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  14. If with reference to the right handed system of mutually perpendicular...

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  15. Prove that (veca+vecb)*(veca+vecb)=|veca|^(2)+|vecb|^(2), if and only...

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  16. If theta is the angle between two vectors vecaandvecb then veca*vecbge...

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  17. Let vecaandvecb be two unit vectors and theta is the angle between the...

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  18. The value of hati*(hatk xx hatj) + hatj*(hati xx hatk)+hatk*(hatj xx h...

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  19. If theta is the angle between any two vectors vecaandvecb, then |veca*...

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