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1. A man walks 2.6 miles east then turns and walks 6.7 miles north. Where is he
in relation to his starting point?
2. A plane is flying west at 210 m/s with a crosswind blowing south at 85 m/s.
What is the resultant velocity of the plane?
3. A family drives 63.6 miles west and 11.2 miles south. What is their resultant
displacement?
4. A boat crosses a river at 6.65 mph north through a current going 9.87 mph
east. What is the resultant velocity of the boat?
5. A plane flies 226 m/s west with a crosswind blowing 142 m/s north. What is
the resultant velocity of the plane?
6. A woman runs 4.5 miles south and 3.7 miles east. What is her resultant
displacement?
7. A boat is heading across a river at a velocity of 25 mph. The river is flowing
downstream at 10 mph. What is the actual velocity of the boat?
8. An airplane is flying 340 km/hr at 12o East of North. The wind is blowing 40
km/hr at 34o South of East. What is the planes actual velocity?
9. You are on an elevator that is plummeting toward the ground at 30 m/s and
you jump up right before it hits the ground. You jump upward with a velocity
of 5 m/s. At what speed do you hit the ground.
10.You push on a box with a force of 500 Newtons directly north. Another
person pushes the box with a force of 800 Newtons directly east. What is
the resultant force?
11.Find
= A + B , given that
VECTOR ADDITION
b) What if the forces were from the same direction? Justify your answer.