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: (5,0º) and (10, 180º). The magnitude of their resultant is
11.2
15
50
5
not given
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Question 2
What is the direction of the resultant in Question #1
0º
cannot be determined
180º
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Question 3
Two vectors are added together: (7, 0º) and (19, 270º). The magnitude of their resultant is
12.0
20.2
26.0
7.0
not given
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Question 4
The direction of the vector in Question #3 is
339.8º
339.8º
249.8º
20.2º
290.2º
69.8º
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Question 5
Two vectors are added together: (19, 90º) and (10, 180º). The magnitude of their resultant is
not given
21.5
7.5
9.0
29.0
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Question 6
The direction of the vector in Question #5 is
31.8º
62.2º
148.2º
152.2º
148.2º
117.8º
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