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: (7,0º) and (13, 180º). The magnitude of their resultant is
6
14.8
20
91
not given
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Question 2
What is the direction of the resultant in Question #1
180º
cannot be determined
0º
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Question 3
Two vectors are added together: (8, 0º) and (22, 270º). The magnitude of their resultant is
7.5
30.0
23.4
14.0
not given
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Question 4
The direction of the vector in Question #3 is
340.0º
20.0º
250.0º
290.0º
340.0º
70.0º
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Question 5
Two vectors are added together: (22, 90º) and (13, 180º). The magnitude of their resultant is
9.0
35.0
not given
25.6
8.3
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Question 6
The direction of the vector in Question #5 is
120.6º
36.2º
143.8º
59.4º
149.4º
143.8º
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