Recent questions tagged vector-identities

The unit normal vector to the surface $X^{2} + Y^{2} + Z^{2} – 48 = 0$ at the point $(4, 4, 4)$ is $\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}},\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}},\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}$$\frac{1}{\sq...

What is curl of the vector field $2x^2y \textbf{i} + 5z^2 \textbf{j} – 4yz \textbf{k}$?$6z \textbf{i} + 4x \textbf{j} – 2x^2 \textbf{k}$$6z \textbf{i} - 8xy \textbf{j} + ...

The magnitudes of vectors $\textbf{P, Q}$ and $\textbf{R}$ are $100$ kN, $250$ kN and $150$ kN, respectively as shown in the figure.The respective values of the magnitude...

The directional derivative of the field $u(x,y,z) = x^2-3yz$ in the direction of the vector $(\hat{i}+\hat{j}-2 \hat{k})$ at point $(2, -1, 4)$ is _________.

For the parallelogram OPQR shown in the sketch, $\overrightarrow{OP}=a \hat{i}+b \hat{j}$ and $\overrightarrow{OR}=c \hat{i} +d \hat{j}$. The area of the parallelogram is...