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Practice Problems - Chapter 3 - Part 1-2

The document contains 10 practice problems involving vector addition and subtraction using the graphical and component methods. The problems involve finding magnitudes and directions of resultant vectors given individual vectors' magnitudes, angles, and components. Students are asked to use vector addition/subtraction and unit vector notation to solve for various vector expressions and unknown components.

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Practice Problems - Chapter 3 - Part 1-2

The document contains 10 practice problems involving vector addition and subtraction using the graphical and component methods. The problems involve finding magnitudes and directions of resultant vectors given individual vectors' magnitudes, angles, and components. Students are asked to use vector addition/subtraction and unit vector notation to solve for various vector expressions and unknown components.

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Practice problems

1. A vector A has a magnitude of 500 N and makes an angle of 70ᵒ with the positive x- axis, vector B
has a magnitude of 400 N and makes an angle of 130ᵒ with the positive x- axis. Vector C has a
magnitude of 300 N and makes an angle of 220ᵒ with the positive x- axis. Use the graphical method
1
to find the magnitude and direction of vector R = A + B + C .
2


Magnitude of R =


Direction of R =
1. Three displacement vectors A, B and C. Vector A has a magnitude of 60 km and makes
an angle of 45o with the positive x-axis, vector B has a magnitude of 80 km and makes an
angle of 130o with the positive x-axis, and vector C has a magnitude of 40 km and makes
an angle of 270o with the positive x-axis.
Use the graphical method to find the magnitude and direction of the resultant vector R =
1
A - 2B +2C.
2. Vector A has a x-component of 30.0 m and a y-component of 50.0 m.
a) Write an expression for vector A using the unit vector notation.
b) Find the magnitude and direction of vector A.

⃗ = 25𝑖̂ − 36𝑗̂ cm.


3. Vector 𝐵
a) Find the components of the vector B.
b) Find the magnitude and direction of vector B.

4. Vector C has a magnitude of 100 km and an angle of 230 degrees with the positive x-axis.
a) Find the components of the vector C.
b) Write an expression for vector C using the unit vector notation.

5. A hiker begins a trip by first walking 25.0 km southeast from her car. She stops and sets up her
tent for the night. On the second day, she walks 40.0 km in a direction 60.0° north of east, at
which point she discovers a forest ranger’s tower.
a) Determine the components of the hiker’s displacement for each day.
b) Determine the components of the hiker’s resultant displacement R for the trip. Find an
expression for R in terms of unit vectors.
6. Use the component method to find the magnitude and direction of the resultant vector R = A + B
- 2C if A = 20 m and its angle is 30 degrees, B = 50 m and its angle is 120 degrees and C = 70 m
and its angle is 230 degrees.

7. Vector C has a magnitude of 100 km and an angle of 230ᵒ with a positive x- axis.
a) Find the components of the vector C .
b) Write the expression for the vector C using the unit vector notation.
8. Consider the two vectors A = 3iˆ − 2 jˆ and B = −iˆ − 4 jˆ calculate:
a) A +B
b) A − B
c) The direction of A + B and A − B .

9. Vector A has x and y components of -8.70 cm and 15.0 cm, respectively, vector B has x and y
components of 13.2 cm and -6.60 cm, respectively. If A − B + 3C = 0 .
What are the components of C ?

10. Consider the three displacement vectors A = 3iˆ − 3 jˆ m, B = iˆ − 4 jˆ m and C = −2iˆ + 5 jˆ m.


use the component method to determine:
a) The magnitude and the direction of the vector D = A + B + C .
b) The magnitude and the direction of the vector E = −A − B + C

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