Precalculus: Mathematics for Calculus, 7th Edition

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1305071751
ISBN 13: 978-1-30507-175-9

Chapter 9 - Section 9.5 - The Cross Product - 9.5 Exercises - Page 665: 35

Answer

(a) $2700000\sqrt 3$ (b) $4677$ liters

Work Step by Step

First we identify the given vectors as: $\vec w=\langle 300, 0, 0 \rangle$, $\vec u=\langle 0, 120, 0 \rangle$, and $\vec v=\langle 150sin30^{\circ}, 0, 150cos30^{\circ} \rangle=\langle 75, 0, 75\sqrt 3 \rangle$ (a) The cross product is $\vec v\times\vec w=\langle (0\times0- 75\sqrt 3 \times0), ( 75\sqrt 3 \times300-75\times0), (75\times0-0\times300) \rangle=\langle 0, 22500\sqrt 3, 0 \rangle$, and the scalar triple product is $\vec u\cdot(\vec v\times\vec w)=0\times0+120\times22500\sqrt 3+0\times0=2700000\sqrt 3$ (b) As $1L=1000cm^3$ and the unit of the above number is $cm^3$, the capacity of the tank is the volume of the parallelepiped calculated above, $V=2700000\sqrt 3/1000\approx4677L$
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