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1011SCG
MATHS 1A
ASSIGNMENT 1.
This assignment is worth 4% of your final mark.
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Due
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writing an answer with no working is not enough. Bad layout and notation will
lose marks.
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It is a good idea to discuss problems with other people. This is often a helpful thing to do.
But you must write up your answers by yourself.
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1011SCG ASSIGNMENT 1
Due on Thursday, 3 April, 2014 by 4pm.
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Question 1.
(a)
A sled is being pulled along the ice by ropes attached to two husky dogs, as
shown in the diagram below.
T1
!
30 N
j
!
30
i
!
sled
WEST
15
40 N
T2
!
If the dogs pull at constant but different forces shown on the diagram
(i)
T1
!
30 N
!
sled
WEST
15
40 N
T2
!
(i) At what angle ! should dog 1 pull the sled so that the sled travels due West ?
(ii) Dog 1 is getting tired and can only pull the sled with a force of 8 N.
Is it now possible to keep the sled moving due West ?
If so, at what angle ! should dog 1 now pull the sled so that the sled travels
due West ?
Question 2.
z
D
C (2, 0, 5)
G
B
E (0, 5, 1)
0
y
F
A(3, 0, 0)
x
Consider the parallelepiped above. Each of the faces of the parallelepiped are
parallelograms and the opposite sides of the box are parallel.
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(a)
(b)
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Find the vectors AC and CE .
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(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
(g)