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: (3,0º) and (13, 180º). The magnitude of their resultant is
39
13.3
not given
16
10
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Question 2
What is the direction of the resultant in Question #1
180º
0º
cannot be determined
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Question 3
Two vectors are added together: (7, 0º) and (19, 270º). The magnitude of their resultant is
20.2
12.0
7.0
not given
26.0
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Question 4
The direction of the vector in Question #3 is
69.8º
339.8º
20.2º
290.2º
249.8º
339.8º
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Question 5
Two vectors are added together: (19, 90º) and (13, 180º). The magnitude of their resultant is
32.0
23.0
not given
6.0
8.0
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Question 6
The direction of the vector in Question #5 is
43.2º
124.4º
55.6º
145.6º
136.8º
136.8º
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