| Section Number
| Date Assigned |
Questions |
| 12.1 |
9/3/08 |
No assigned questions. |
| 12.2 |
9/3/08 |
- When are two vectors parallel?
- What is a unit vector?
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| 12.3 |
9/5/08 |
- Why is there no associative law in Theorem 2?
- Will FOIL work for dot products?
- In the Corollary to Theorem 3, why are a and b required to be nonzero?
- Is (u.v)/|v| a vector or a scalar quantity?
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| 12.4 |
9/8/08 |
- Is the cross product of two vectors a vector or a scalar quantity?
- In the proof of Theorem 6, how did they get from after the second equal sign to after the third equal sign?
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| 10.1 |
9/10/08 |
- How does one parametrize a circle?
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| 12.5 |
9/10/08 |
- What does an equation of a line look like in three dimensions? Why?
- What does an equation of a plane look like? Why? Does this fit with your conclusions for 1(c) on the 9/17/04 worksheet?
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| 12.6 |
9/12/08 |
- Is a cylinder of finite height? Need it have a circular "base"?
- What is the primary tool for visualizing a surface (without technology)?
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| 12.7 |
9/17/08 |
- Under what circumstances might cylindrical coordinates be more useful than our usual coordinates? Spherical?
- In spherical coordinates, what angle does the third coordinate measure?
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