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Find the magnitude of the vector given below. Also find the measure (in degrees) of
the acute angle formed by the vector and the x-axis.
1 1 2 3 4 5 6
1 1 2 3 4 5 6
The hypotenuse is the given vector.
The length X of the leg along the x-axis 1
equals 5.
2
The length Y of the leg parallel to the y-
axis equals 6. 3 Y =6
R
The magnitude of a vector is the length of 4
that vector.
Let R be the magnitude of the given 5
vector.
6
We can use the Pythagorean Theorem to
find R.
Figure 1
2 2
=X +Y
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2
R
2 2
=5 +6
= 61
R= 61
= 7.8102...
7.81
Y 6
tan = =
X 5
6
= arctan = 50.1944... 50.19
5
Here is the answer.
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