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 (14, 180º). The magnitude of their resultant is
7
not given
98
21
15.7
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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: (8, 0º) and (20, 270º). The magnitude of their resultant is
28.0
7.3
12.0
21.5
not given
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Question 4
The direction of the vector in Question #3 is
21.8º
338.2º
248.2º
338.2º
68.2º
291.8º
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Question 5
Two vectors are added together: (20, 90º) and (14, 180º). The magnitude of their resultant is
24.4
34.0
8.2
not given
6.0
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Question 6
The direction of the vector in Question #5 is
145.0º
55.0º
135.6º
44.4º
135.6º
125.0º
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