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Case-Study 2: Read the following passage and answer the questions given below

Solar Panels have to be installed carefully so that the tilt of the roof, and the direction to the sun, produce the largest possible electrical power in the solar panels.A surveyor uses his instrument to determine the coordinates of the four corners of a roof where solarpanels are to be mounted.In the picture, suppose the points are labelled counter clockwise from the roof corner nearest to the camera in units of meters P1 (6,8,4), P2 (21,8,4),P3 (21,16,10) and P4 (6,16,10).

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Answer the following questions using the above information. 

i. What are the components to the two edge vectors defined by A = PV of P2  PV of P1 and B = PV of P4 PV of P1? (Where, PV stands for position vector). 

ii. Write the vector in standard notation with i^,j^and k^, where i^,j^, and k^ are  the unit vectors along the three axes. 

iii. What are the magnitudes of the vectors Aand B and in what units?

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(i)  A=PV of P2-PV of P1         =21i^+8j^+4k^-6j^+8j^+4k^         =15i^+0j^+0k^           Components of A are 15, 0, 0.         and B=PV of P4-PV of P1                    =6i^+16j^+10k^-6i^+8j^+4k^                    =0i^+8j^+6k^           Components of B are 0, 8, 6.

(ii)  Clearly, from sol (i).       Vector in standard notation with i^, j^ and k^ are       A=15i^+0j^+0k^ and B=0i^+8j^+6k^ (iii) A=(15)2+(0)2+(0)2              =(15)2=15 units        and B=(0)2+(8)2+(6)2=0+64+36                      = 100=10 units 

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