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PHY 101 PRACTICE QUESTIONS

VECTORS
1. An object is acted upon by two forces of 5N and 12N. Calculate the resultant of the force if they act at (a)900 (b)400 (c)1250

2. A stream is flowing at 0.75ms−1 and a boat heading perpendicular for the stream landed at the opposite bank at an angle of
300 . Calculate the velocity of the boat.
3. A vector A has 10units in the direction of N 400 E and another vector B has 8units in the direction of E200 S. Find the resultant
or addition of A and B
4. A vector, of magnitude 25 units, is inclined at angle 30o to the horizontal. Calculate the horizontal component of the vector.

5. A man experiences a displacement of 10km in the direction 60o North of East. Calculate the component of his displacement
along (a) east, and (b) north directions
6. Forces F1 = 5.0N and F2 = 4.0N jointly act on a given block. Find the magnitude of the resultant force on the block if the
angle between the two forces is 30o .

7. A vector has a magnitude of 16 units. Its x-component is 8 units. Calculate (a) its y-component; and (b) angle the vector makes
with the x-axis.
8. A girl walks 12m northwards, 5m eastwards and 7m southwards. Her total displacement is (a) 5m north (b) 5m east (c) 7.07m,
S450 W (D) 7.07m, N 450 E - No 4, 2010/2011

9. An aircraft travelled from Calabar to Kano as follows: It flew first to Ilorin covering a distance of 300km, 30o West of North, and
then flew 400km, 60o East of North to Kano. What is the resultant displacement?
10. Vector A of length 8 units lies at an angle of 600 above the x-axis in the first quadrant. Vector B of length 5 units lies 530 below
the x-axis in the fourth quadrant. Determine (a) the x- and y- component of the resultant of the sum of the two vectors (b) the
magnitude of the resultant; and (c) the magnitude of the vector difference A − B

11. A car moved 30 km in the NE direction, then moved 40 km due north. Calculate the total displacement.
12. A body is first displaced 6m in the direction 30o South of East and then displaced to its final position. The resultant displacement
is 16m in the direction 75o North of East. Find the magnitude and direction of the second displacement.
13. Find the magnitude of the resultant of two vectors A and B if A is of magnitude 10 units, B is of magnitude 30 units, and the
angle between them is 45o .
14. The resultant of vectors A and B has a magnitude of 20 units. A has a magnitude of 8 units, and the angle between A and B is
40o . Calculate the magnitude of B.
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15. A man walks 1km due East and then 1km due North. His displacement is: (A) 1km, N 15o E (B) 1km, N 30o E (C) 2km, N 45o E
(D) 2km, N 45o E (E) 2km, N 75o E

16. Two forces 3N and 4N act on a body in directions due North and due East respectively. Calculate their equilibrant. (A) 5N, 53o
east of north (B) 5N, 53o west of south (C) 5N, 37o north of east (D) 7N, 37o west of north (E) 7N, 37o south of west
17. An aircraft travelled from Calabar to Kano as follows: It flew first to Ilorin covering a distance of 300km, 30o west of north, and
then flew 400km, 60o east of north to Kano. What is the resultant displacement.

18. A block of mass 2.0kg resting on a smooth horizontal plane is acted upon simultaneously by two forces 10N due North and 10N
due East. The magnitude of the acceleration produced by the forces on the block is?
19. A body moves 12km in the direction 30o North of East, and then 20km in the direction 45o West of North. How far is the body
from its starting point and in what direction must it move to get back to the starting point.
20. A marble rolls on the floor of a trailer with velocity 2m/s in a direction N 30o E of the direction of motion of the trailer. What
is the component of the velocity of the marble in the east direction if the trailer is moving at 40km/hr due east.
21. An aeroplane pilot sets a compass course due west and maintains an air speed of 240kmh1 . After flying for half an hour, he
finds himself over a town that is 150km west and 40km south of his starting point. (a) Find the wind velocity, in magnitude and
direction. (b) If the wind velocity were 120kmh1 due south, in what direction should the pilot set his course in order to travel
due west? Take the same air speed of 240kmh1 .

22. If A = 3i − j − 4k, B = −2i + 4j − 3k, C = i + 2j − k. Find (i)2A − B + 3C (ii)|A + B + C|

23. Given three vectors ā = −î − 4ĵ + 2k̂, b̄ = 3î + 2ĵ − 2k̂ and c̄ = 2î − 3ĵ + k̂. Calculate ā · (b̄ × c̄)

24. Two vectors Ā and B̄ are given by Ā = 4î − 3ĵ + 2k̂, B̄ = î + 2ĵ − k̂. Calculate (a) Ā + B̄ (b) Ā − B̄ (c) Ā · B̄ (d) Ā × B̄
 25. Vector Ā, of magnitude 20 units, lies in the direction 45o South of East, while vector B̄, of magnitude 30 units is in the direction
60o West of North. Calculate the scalar product Ā · B̄

26. Consider two vectors P̄ = 3î − 4ĵ + 5k̂, Q̄ = 2ĵ + 2k̂. Calculate P̄ × Q̄ divided by P̄ · Q̄
27. Calculate the scalar product of a vector of magnitude 20 units lying in the direction 60o East of North and another vector of
magnitude 30 units in the east direction.

28. Calculate the dot and vector products of vectors A and B, given that A = 6i + 3j, B = −4i + 5j
29. A load of mass 5kg is made to accelerate from rest as it attains (i + 2j + 3k)ms−2 when a force is applied. Calculate the
magnitude of the force applied.
30. If a force (i + 2j + 3k)N is made to cause a turning effect through a moment arm (i − j + k)m, calculate the turning effect of
this force.

31. If vector B is added to A, the result is 10i + 1.0j. If B is subtracted from A, the result is −2.0i + 5.0j. What is the magnitude
of A and B.
32. If ā + b̄ = 6c̄, ā − b̄ = 4c̄ and c̄ = 4i + 3j, then find the vectors ā and b̄
33. Calculate the angle between A = 2i + 3j and B = i + 6j

34. Determine the value of a so that A = 2i + aj + k and B = 4i − 2j − 2k are perpendicular (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 0 (d) 1 - No 32,
2010/2011
35. Find the area of this triangle with vertices at (3, −1, 2), (1, −1, −3) and (4, −3, 1).
36. Evaluate the scalar triple product of A = 2i + j − 3k, B = i − 4j, and C = 4i + 3j − k and comment. - No 30, 2010/2011

37. If A = 3i − j + 2k, B = 2i + j − k, and C = i − 2j + 2k. Find (i) A × (B × C) (ii) (A × B) × C - No 34, 2010/2011

38. The correct expansion for the triple vector product, A × (B × C) is (A) B(A.C) − C(A.B) (B) C(B.A) − A(B.C) (C) A(C.B) −
B(C.A) (D) A(B.C) − C(B.A)
39. The correct expansion for the triple vector product, B × (C × A) is (A) B(A.C) − C(A.B) (B) C(B.A) − A(B.C) (C) A(C.B) −
B(C.A) (D) A(B.C) − C(B.A)
40. The correct expansion for the triple vector product, C × (A × B) is (A) B(A.C) − C(A.B) (B) C(B.A) − A(B.C) (C) A(C.B) −
B(C.A) (D) A(B.C) − C(B.A)
41. The missing link in this triple product A.(B × C) =? = C.(A × B) (A) A.(B × C) (B) −B.(C × A) (C) −A.(B × C) (D) B.(C × A)
√ √ √ √
42. Find the shortest distance, |AB| between vectors; A = 3i − j + 2k and B = 2i + j − k (A) 14 (B) 13 (C) 6 (D) 24
√ √ √ √
43. If A = 3i − j − 4k, B = −2i + 4j − 3k, C = i + 2j − k. Find |3A − 2B + 4C| (A) 298 (B) 388 (C) 498 (D) 398
√ √ √ √
44. If A = 3i − j − 4k, B = −2i + 4j − 3k, C = i + 2j − k. Find |A + B + C| (A) 93 (B) 73 (C) 83 (D) 63
45. The following forces act on a particle P: F1 = 2i + 3j − 5k, F2 = −5i + j + 3k, F3 = i − 2j + 4k, F4 = 4i − 3j − 2k measured in
Newton. Find the resultants of forces (A) 2i + k (B) 2i − j (C) 2i + j (D) 2i − k

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