Practice Problems
Adding Parallel, Anti-parallel, and Orthogonal Vectors
Directions:
On this worksheet you will practice adding vectors that are either parallel or antiparallel as well as those that are at right angles to each other.
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Question 1
Two vectors are added together: (6,0º) and (13, 180º). The magnitude of their resultant is
not given
14.3
78
19
7
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Question 2
What is the direction of the resultant in Question #1
0º
180º
cannot be determined
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Question 3
Two vectors are added together: (8, 0º) and (18, 270º). The magnitude of their resultant is
10.0
26.0
not given
7.1
19.7
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Question 4
The direction of the vector in Question #3 is
336.0º
66.0º
246.0º
336.0º
24.0º
294.0º
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Question 5
Two vectors are added together: (18, 90º) and (13, 180º). The magnitude of their resultant is
not given
5.0
31.0
22.2
7.8
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Question 6
The direction of the vector in Question #5 is
46.2º
125.8º
54.2º
144.2º
133.8º
133.8º
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