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 (11, 180º). The magnitude of their resultant is
14
11.4
33
not given
8
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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: (4, 0º) and (22, 270º). The magnitude of their resultant is
not given
22.4
26.0
6.7
18.0
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Question 4
The direction of the vector in Question #3 is
349.7º
259.7º
280.3º
79.7º
10.3º
349.7º
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Question 5
Two vectors are added together: (22, 90º) and (11, 180º). The magnitude of their resultant is
33.0
not given
24.6
8.0
11.0
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Question 6
The direction of the vector in Question #5 is
153.4º
150.0º
30.0º
150.0º
63.4º
116.6º
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