Vector Addition CBSE

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Vectors Assignment No:1 [ Vector Addition]

Q.1 What is the angle between 2N force and a 3N force so that their sum is 4N?
[Ans. 75031’]
Q.2 At what angle P+Q and (P-Q) act so that the resultant is 3P 2 + Q 2 .
[Ans. 600]
Q.3 The sum of magnitudes of the two forces acting a point is 18N and their resultant is 12N if the
resultant makes an angle of 90 0 with the force of smaller magnitude, what are the magnitudes
of the forces.
[Ans. 5N and 13N]
Q.4 Two forces 5kgf and 10kgf are acting at an inclination of 120 between them. Find the
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magnitude and direction of the resultant force.

[Ans. 5√3kgf making an angle of 900 with 5kgf]
Q.5 Resultant of two equal forces acting at right angle to each other is 1414 dyne. Find the
magnitude of each force.
[Ans. 1000 dyne]
Q.6 Two equal forces have their resultant equal to either. At what angle are they inclined to each
other?
[Ans. 1200]
Q.7 Two forces acting on a particle in opposite direction have resultant equal to 10kgf. If they act
at right angles to each other, the resultant is 50kgf. Find the two forces.
[Ans. 40kgf, 30kgf]
Q.8 Two equal velocities have a resultant equal o 3/2 times the value of either velocity. Find the
angle between them.
[Ans. 82049’]
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Q.9 The maximum resultant of two vectors A and B [A >B] is n times their least resultant. If θ be
the angle between the vectors, and their resultant be half the sum of vectors, then show that
n2 + 2
cos θ = −
2(n 2 − 1)
Q.10 Two forces whose magnitudes are in the ratio 3:5 give a resultant of 28N. If the angle of
inclination is 600, find the magnitude of the each force.
[Ans. 12N and 20N]
Q.11 The greatest and least resultant of two forces acting at a point is 10N ad 6N respectively. If
each force is increased by 3N, find the resultant of new forces when acting at a point at an
angle of 900 with each other.
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[Ans. 12.1N and 24036’ with A ]
Q.12 A motor boat is racing towards north at 25km/h and the water current in that region is 10km/h
in the direction 600 east of south. Find the resultant velocity of the boat.
[Ans. 21.8km/h, 2304’ east of north]
Q.13 Given that sum of three vectors is zero. Two out of three are equal in magnitude. The magnitude
of the third vector is √2 times that of either of the vector. Find the angle between the vectors.

[Ans. 900, 1350, 1350]

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Q.14 One of the rectangular components of a force if 50N is 25N. find the angle it makes with this
component and the magnitude of the other component.
[Ans. 600, 25√3 N]
Q.15 Find the resultant force of the following forces which act on the particle [a] 30N due east [b]
50N due west [c] 40N due south and [d] 20N due north.
[Ans. 20√2 N , 450 south of west]
Q.16 A small sphere is suspended by a string from thread from the ceiling of the car. If the car begins
to move with acceleration of 0.49m/s2, what will be the inclination of the string with the
vertical?
[Ans. 2052’]
Q.17 A motor cyclist is riding north in still air at 20km/h. if the wind starts blowing westward with a
velocity of 45.8km/h, find the apparent velocity with which the motor cyclist moves, time it
takes to cover 100km and its direction of motion.
[Ans. 49.97km/h, 2hrs, 66025’ west of north]
Q.18 A particle possesses two velocities at the same time 4m/s due south and the other 2√2 m/s
due north east. Find the magnitude and direction of the resultant velocity.
[Ans. 2√2 m/s along south west]
Q.19 Determine the horizontal force required to displace a mass of0.03kg suspended by a vertical
string until the string makes an angle of 300 with the vertical.
[Ans.0.01732kgf]
Q.20 Determine the vector which when added to the resultant of vector A= 3i-5j+7k and B=2i+4j-
3k gives unit vector along y axis.
[Ans. -5i+2j-4k]
Q.21 A force is inclined 60 0 to the horizontal. If the horizontal component of the force is 40N,
calculate the vertical component.
[Ans. 69.28N]
Q.22 Add velocity of 30m/s eastwards to velocity of 40m/s northwards. Calculate the magnitude and
direction of resultant with the east.
[Ans. 50m/s and 5308’]
Q.23 A particle has displacement 12m east, 5m towards north and 6m vertically upwards. Find the
magnitude and sum of these displacements.
[Ans. 14.32m]
Q.24 Find a unit vector parallel to the resultant of vectors A=i+4j-2k and B =3i-5j+k.
4iˆ − ˆj − kˆ
[Ans. ]
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Q.25 Find the component of vector A=2i+3j along the directions of vectors i+j and i-j.

[Ans. (
5 ˆ ˆ
2
) 1 
(
i + j , − iˆ − j ]
2
)
Two forces P and Q when acting at an angle of θ have their resultant equal to [ 2n + 1] P + Q
2 2
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and when angle between them is 90-θ, then resultant is [2n-1] P 2 + Q . Show that
n −1
Tan θ =
n +1

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