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HOMEWORK 3 - VECTORS - HON

____ 1. What is the minimum number of vectors with unequal magnitudes whose vector sum can be zero?
a. two b. three c. four d. five e. six

____ 2. What is the minimum number of vectors with equal magnitudes whose vector sum can be zero?
a. two b. three c. four d. five e. six

A
B
C
____ 3. Two vectors and are added together to form a vector . The relationship between the
magnitudes of the vectors is given by A + B = C. Which one of the following statements concerning
these vectors is true?
a.
A and B must be displacements.
b.
A
B
and must have equal lengths.
c.
A
B
and must point in opposite directions.
d.
A
B
and must point in the same direction.
e.
A
B
and must be at right angles to each other.

A
A
____ 4. What is the angle between the vectors and when they are drawn from a common
origin?
a. 0 b. 90 c. 180 d. 270 e. 360

____ 5. Which expression is false concerning the vectors shown in the sketch?

a. c. e. A2+B 2
=C 2

= + + + =0
b. d. C<A+B
+ =

____ 6. A jet moving at 500.0 km/h due east moves into a region where the wind is blowing at 120.0 km/h in a
direction 30.00 north of east. What is the new velocity and direction of the aircraft relative to the
ground?
a. 607 km/h, 5.670 north of east c. 550.0 km/h, 6.220 north of east
b. 620.0 km/h, 7.10 north of east
0
d. 588 km/h, 4.870 north of east
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____ 7. A boat is able to move through still water at 20 m/s. It makes a round trip to a town 3.0 km
downstream. If the river flows at 5 m/s, the time required for this round trip is:
a. 120 s b. 150 s c. 200 s d. 300 s e. 320 s

____ 9. An airplane makes a gradual 900 turn while flying at a constant speed of 200 m/s. The process takes
20.0 seconds to complete. For this turn the magnitude of the average acceleration of the plane is:
v 2v1
a =
t
a.zero b. 40 m/s2 c. 20 m/s2 d. 14 m/s2 e. 10 m/s2

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11. A body is acted upon by the two forces shown. In each case draw the one force whose effect on the
body is the same as the two together.

12. A person walks 5.0 km due east, then 3.0 km due north and finally stops after walking an additional
2.0 km due north-east. How far and in what direction relative to her starting point is she?
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13. A person walks 5 km east, followed by 3 km north and then another 4 km east. Where does he end up?

14. The displacement vector of a moving object has components (rx = 2, ry = 2) initially. After a certain
time the displacement vector has components (rx = 4, ry = 8). What vector represents the change in
the displacement vector (
r =r 2r 1 ?

15. In physics we are often interested in finding the change in a vector. For example, consider a body
whose velocity changes from to . Find vector representing the change in the velocity

16. Figure shows the velocity vector of a particle moving in a circle with speed 10 m/s at two separate
points. The velocity vector is tangential to the circle. Find the vector representing the change in the
velocity vector.

17. A molecule with a velocity of 352 m/s collides with a wall as shown and bounces back with the same
speed.
(a) What is the change in the molecules velocity?
(b) What is the change in the speed?
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18. A body moves in a circle of radius 3 m with a constant speed of 6.0 m/s. The velocity vector is at all
times tangent to the circle. The body starts at A and proceeds to B and then C. Find the change in the
velocity vector between A and B and between B and C.

19. Find the magnitude and direction of the vectors with components:
(a) Ax = 4.0 cm, Ay = 4.0 cm
(b) Ax = 124 km, Ay = -158 km
(c) Ax = 0, Ay = 5.0 m
(d) Ax = 8 N, Ay = 0.

20. A velocity vector of magnitude 1.2 m/s is horizontal. A second velocity vector of magnitude 2 m/s must
he added to the first so that the sum is vertical in direction. What is the direction of the second vector
and what is the magnitude of the sum?

21. , . Find the magnitude of and and magnitude of .

22. Find vector (magnitude and direction) if and .

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23. Find vector (magnitude and direction) if and .

24. Vector has a magnitude of 12 units and makes an angle of 30 0 with the positive x-axis. Vector has
a magnitude of 8 units and makes an angle of 800 with the positive x-axis. Sketch and calculate the
magnitude and directions of the vectors
(a) (b) (c)

25. Vectors and have components: (Ax = 3, Ay = 4), (Bx = 1, By = 5). Find the magnitude and
direction of the vector such that

26. Lynn is driving home from work and finds that there is road construction being done on her favorite
route, so she must take a detour. Lynn travels 5 km north, 6 km east, 3 km south, 4 km west, and 2 km
south. a) Draw a vector diagram of the situation. b) What is her displacement? Solve graphically.
c) What total distance has Lynn covered?

27. Avery sees a UFO out her bedroom window and calls to report it to the police. She says, The UFO
moved 20.0 m east, 10.0 m north, and 30.0 m west before it disappeared. What was the displacement
(how far and in what direction are they from original position) of the UFO while Avery was watching?
Solve graphically and numerically.

28. Eli finds a map for a buried treasure. It tells him to begin at the old oak and walk 21 paces due west,
41 paces at an angle 45 south of west, 69 paces due north, 20 paces due east, and 50 paces at an
angle of 53 south of east. How far from the oak tree is the buried treasure? Solve graphically.
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29. Ralph is mowing the back yard with a push mower that he pushes downward with a force of 20.0 N at
an angle of 30.00 to the horizontal. What are the horizontal and vertical components of the force
exerted by Ralph?

30. Dwight pulls his sister in her wagon with a force of 65 N at an angle of 50.0 to the vertical. What are
the horizontal and vertical components of the force exerted by Dwight?

31. Erica and Tory are out fishing on the lake on a hot summer day when they both decide to go for a
swim. Erica dives off the front of the boat with a force of 45 N, while Tory dives off the back with a force
of 60. N.
a) Draw a vector diagram of the situation. b) Find the resultant force on the boat.

32. Shareen finds that when she drives her motorboat upstream she can travel with a speed of only 8 m/s,
while she moves with a speed of 12 m/s when she heads downstream. What is the current of the river
on which Shareen is traveling?

33. Rochelle is flying to New York for her big Broadway debut. If the plane heads out of Los Angeles with a
velocity of 220. m/s in a northeast direction, relative to the ground, and encounters a wind blowing
head-on at 45 m/s, what is the resultant velocity of the plane, relative to the ground?

34. In Moncton, New Brunswick, each high tide in the Bay of Fundy produces a large surge of water known
as a tidal bore. If a riverbed fills with this flowing water that travels north with a speed of 1.0 m/s, what
is the resultant velocity of a puffin who tries to swim east across the tidal bore with a speed of 4.0
m/s?

35. Veronica can swim 3.0 m/s in still water. While trying to swim directly across a river from west to east,
Veronica is pulled by a current flowing southward at 2.0 m/s. a) What is the magnitude of Veronicas
resultant velocity? b) If Veronica wants to end up exactly across stream from where she began, at what
angle to the shore must she swim upstream?
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HOMEWORK - VECTORS 3
1. B 2.A 3.D 4.C 5.A 6.A 7.E 8.B 9.D 10.E

11.

12. 7.79 km @ 34.50

13. OC = OA + AB + BC as vectors
OCx = OAx + ABx + BCx = 5 + 0 + 4 = 9 km
OCy = OAy + ABy + BCy = 0 + 3 + 0 = 3 km

= arc tan ( 3/9) = 18.40

OC = 9.5 km @ 18.40
14. (2, 6)

15. 16.

17. (a) 704 m/s in magnitude (b) zero

18.a. From A to B we have to find the difference .

vector = 8.49 m/s, south - west (S - W)

b. From B to C we have to find the difference .

vector = 8.49 m/s, north - west (N - W)

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19.(a) (b)

(c) (d)

20. v v1 v 2
=? v=? v 1 = 1.2 m/s, east
v 2 = 2 m/s ,
vx = 0 vy = v
two equations with two unkowns v and

vx = v1x + v2x = 1.2 cos 00 + 2 cos vy = v1y + v2y = 1.2 sin 00 + 2 sin
0 = 1.2 + 2 cos v =2 sin 1.6 m/s

21. 22.
so the magnitude is 2.

23.

24. (a) (b) (c) .

25. 26
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27. 14.1 m 450 north of west

28. Solving graphically brings Eli back

to the starting point.

29. Horizontal component: Fx = F cos = (20.0 N) cos (-300) = 17.3 N

Vertical component: Fy = F sin = (20.0 N) sin (-300) = -10.0 N

30. horizontal component: Fx = F cos = (65 N) cos 400 = 50. N

vertical component: Fy = F sin = (65 N) sin 400 = 42 N

31. b. 60. N - 45 N = 15 N forward

32. 12 m/s v = 8 m/s + v v = 2 m/s downstream
33. 220. m/s 45 m/s = 175 m/s to the northeast
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v (1.0 m / s ) 2 ( 4.0 m / s ) 2
34. v = 4.1 m/s tan = (4.0 m/s)/(1.0m/s) 760 east of north
35. v = 3.6 m/s = 420