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Vector Analysis Exam 2014/2015

This document contains a mathematics exam with 4 questions covering vector analysis topics. Question 1 has 6 parts asking students to find vector products, vector projections, directional derivatives, and angles between surfaces. Question 2 contains derivatives and evaluations of gradient, divergence and Laplacian operators. Question 3 covers Frenet-Serret formulas and applying them to find tangent vectors, curvature, and torsion of a curve. Question 4 involves line and surface integrals, using Green's theorem to evaluate a double integral.

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Vector Analysis Exam 2014/2015

This document contains a mathematics exam with 4 questions covering vector analysis topics. Question 1 has 6 parts asking students to find vector products, vector projections, directional derivatives, and angles between surfaces. Question 2 contains derivatives and evaluations of gradient, divergence and Laplacian operators. Question 3 covers Frenet-Serret formulas and applying them to find tangent vectors, curvature, and torsion of a curve. Question 4 involves line and surface integrals, using Green's theorem to evaluate a double integral.

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SMA 2220

W1-2-60-1-6
JOMO KENYATTA UNIVERSITY
OF
AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY
University Examinations 2014/2015
SECOND YEAR SECOND SEMESTER EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTER SCIENCE
AND BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN INDUSTRIAL CHEMISTRY
SMA 2220: VECTOR ANALYSIS
DATE: AUGUST 2015 TIME: 2 HOURS
INSTRUCTIONS: ANSWER QUESTION ONE (COMPULSORY) AND ANY OTHER
TWO QUESTIONS

Question One (30 Marks)


   
a) If A  2 iˆ  3 ˆj  kˆ, B  iˆ  4 ˆj  2kˆ, find A  B (3
Marks)
   
b) (i) Prove that the area of a parallelogram with sides A and B is A B

(4
Marks)

(ii) Find the area of the triangle with vertices at P (1, 3, 2), Q (2, -1, 1), R (-1, 2, 3).
(5
Marks)

c) Find the projection of the vector ˆ
A  4 iˆ  3 ˆj  K on the line passing through the
points B (2, 3, -1) and C (-2, -4, 3). (4
Marks)

d) If   4 xz 3  3x 2 y 2 , find the directional derivative at P (2, -1, 2) in the direction of



A  2 iˆ  3 ˆj  6kˆ. (4
Marks)

e) Find the angle between the surfaces xy2z = 3x + z2 and 3x2 – y2 +2z = 1 at B (1, -1, 1).
(5
Marks)
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   
f) If j  z kˆ, find
A  r / r , where r  x iˆ  y ˆ grad div A (5 Marks)

Question Two (20 Marks)


 
a) If   2 xz 4  x 2 y find  and |  | at the point (2, -2, 1) (4
Marks)

b) Prove that  
 2 1  0 if
r

r  x iˆ  y ˆj  z kˆ (6
Marks)

  r  

    2  
 2
c) If r  x iˆ  y ˆj  z kˆ and r  r , evaluate (10
 r  
Marks)

Question Three (20 Marks)

a) Prove the Frenet – Serret relatives


~
dT ˆ
(i)   .N (3 Marks)
ds

~
dB ˆ
(ii)    .N (3 Marks)
ds

ˆ
dN
(iii) ˆ  Tˆ
  .B (3 Marks)
ds

b) For the curve given by x = t - 1/3t3, y = t2, z = t + 1/3t3, find the

(i) Unit tangent vector Tˆ (2


Marks)

(ii) Curvature K (3 Marks)

(iii) Principal normal unit vector N̂ (1 Mark)

(iv) Binormal vector B̂ and torsion  (4 Marks)

Question Four (20 Marks)

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 


a) If A   2 y  3 iˆ  x zˆj   yz  x  Kˆ , evaluate A  d r along the following paths
C

C:

(i) x = 2t2, y = t, z = t3 from t = 0 to t = 1 (1 Mark)

(ii) The straight lines forming (0, 0, 0) to (0, 0, 1) to (0, 1, 1) and then to (2, 1, 1).
(2
Marks)

(iii) The straight line from (0, 0, 0) to (2, 1, 1) (2 Marks)



Evaluate S  A  nˆ ds, where A  18 z iˆ  12

b) ˆ
ˆj  3 yK and S is that parts of the
plane
2x + 3y + 6z = 12 which lies in the first octant. (7 Marks)

Evaluate   x  2 xy  dx   x y  3 by around the boundary of the region defined by


2 2
c)
y2 = 8x and x = 2

(i) Directly (4 Marks)

(ii) By using the Green’s theorem (4 Marks)

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