## DESCRIPTION ## Vector Calculus: Basic vector operations ## ENDDESCRIPTION ## KEYWORDS('vector calculus', 'vector operations') ## DBsubject('WeBWorK') ## DBchapter('WeBWorK Tutorial') ## DBsection('Fort Lewis Tutorial 2011') ## Date('01/30/2011') ## Author('Paul Pearson') ## Institution('Fort Lewis College') ## TitleText1('') ## EditionText1('') ## AuthorText1('') ## Section1('') ## Problem1('') ############################## # Initialization DOCUMENT(); loadMacros( "PGstandard.pl", "MathObjects.pl", "parserVectorUtils.pl", "unionLists.pl", ); TEXT(beginproblem()); ############################# # Setup Context("Vector"); $U = non_zero_vector3D(-9,9,1); $V = non_zero_vector3D(-9,9,1); # value works only for vectors of constants @Uarray = $U->value; $Ucomp2 = $Uarray[1]; $UdotV = $U . $V; $UcrossV = $U x $V; $Vlength = norm( $V ); $Vunit = unit($V); # # Prevent students from entering the dot and # cross products, and the vector functions # norm and unit. # Context()->operators->undefine(".","><"); Context()->functions->disable("Vector"); ############################# # Main text Context()->texStrings; BEGIN_TEXT Suppose \( \vec{u} = $U \) and \( \vec{v} = $V \). \{ BeginList('OL', type=>'A') \} $ITEM The second component of \( \vec{u} \) is \{ ans_rule(20) \} $ITEMSEP $ITEM \( \vec{u} \cdot \vec{v} = \) \{ ans_rule(20) \} $ITEMSEP $ITEM \( \vec{u} \times \vec{v} = \) \{ ans_rule(20) \} $ITEMSEP $ITEM \( \left|\left| \vec{v} \right|\right| = \) \{ ans_rule(20) \} $ITEMSEP $ITEM Enter a unit vector in the direction of \( \vec{v} \). \{ ans_rule(20) \} $ITEMSEP $ITEM Enter a vector parallel to \( \vec{v} \). \{ ans_rule(20) \} $ITEMSEP $ITEM Enter a vector in the same direction as \( \vec{v} \). \{ ans_rule(20) \} \{ EndList('OL') \} END_TEXT Context()->normalStrings; ############################ # Answers $showPartialCorrectAnswers = 1; ANS( $Ucomp2->cmp() ); ANS( $UdotV->cmp() ); ANS( $UcrossV->cmp() ); ANS( $Vlength->cmp() ); ANS( $Vunit->cmp() ); ANS( $V->cmp( parallel=>1 ) ); ANS( $V->cmp( parallel=>1, sameDirection=>1 ) ); ############################ # Solution Context()->texStrings; BEGIN_SOLUTION ${PAR}SOLUTION:${PAR} Solution explanation goes here. END_SOLUTION Context()->normalStrings; COMMENT("MathObject version."); ENDDOCUMENT();