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Cmu Physics For Engineers Vector Addition Sample Problem

1. The hiker's resultant displacement from camp is 358 m at an angle of 2° south of east. Changing the order of the displacements would not alter the hiker's final position since vector addition is commutative. 2. The location of City C relative to the starting airport is 245 km at an angle of 69° north of west. 3. The dot product of vectors A and the cross product of vectors B and C is -66.

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Cmu Physics For Engineers Vector Addition Sample Problem

1. The hiker's resultant displacement from camp is 358 m at an angle of 2° south of east. Changing the order of the displacements would not alter the hiker's final position since vector addition is commutative. 2. The location of City C relative to the starting airport is 245 km at an angle of 69° north of west. 3. The dot product of vectors A and the cross product of vectors B and C is -66.

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1.

A hiker starts at his camp and moves the following distances while exploring his
surroundings: 75.0 m north, 2.50 x 102 m east, 125 m at an angle 30.0° north of
east, and 1.50 x 102 m south. (a) Find his resultant displacement from camp. (Take
east as the positive x-direction and north as the positive y-direction.) (b) Would
changes in the order in which the hiker makes the given displacements alter his
2. final position? Explain.
A.

125 m
B 2.50x10² m 30°

D
1.50x10² m
A 75.0 m

x components y components
A 75.0cos(90°)= 0 î 75.0sin(90°)= 75.0 m ĵ

B 250cos(0°)= 250 m î 250sin(0°)= 0 m ĵ

C 125cos(30°)= 108 m î 125sin(30°)= 62.5 m ĵ

D 150cos(270°)= 0 m î 150sin(270°)= -150 m ĵ

R R=Ax+Bx+Cx+Dx =358 m î R=Ay+By+Cy+Dy = -12.5 m ĵ

Magnitude Direction
R = (358)² +(12.5)² θ = tan -1 -12.5 m
= 2°, South of East Resultant Displacement
= 358 m 358 m
= 358 m, 2° South of East

B. No, because adding vectors in different order will still give the same result as vector addition is commutative.

2. A commuter airplane starts from an airport and takes the route


shown in the figure
below.The plane first flies to city A, located 175 km away in a
direction 30.0° north
of east. Next, it flies for 150 km 20.0° west of north, to city B. Finally,
the plane flies
190 km due west, to city C. Find the location of city C relative to the
location of the
starting point.

C B

x components y components
A 175cos(30°)= 152 km î 175sin(30°)= 87.5 km ĵ

B 150sin(20°)= -51 km î 150cos(20°)= 141 km ĵ

C 190cos(180°)= -190 km î 190sin(180°)= 0 km ĵ

R R=Ax+Bx+Cx = -89.3 km î R=Ay+By+Cy = 228 km ĵ


Magnitude Direction
228 km
R = (-89.3)² +(228)² θ = tan -1
= 69° North of West Location of the City
-89.3 km
= 245 km = 245 Km, 69° North of West

3. Three vectors are given as follows: A⃗ = −2î– 5ĵ+ 2k̂, B⃗⃗ = −5î− 2ĵ− 3k̂ and C⃗ = 4î+ 1ĵ+
6k̂.
A. B●A = (-2x-5) + (-5x2) + (2x-3)
= 10 - 10 - 6
= -6

î ĵ k̂ î ĵ
B. BXC = -5 -2 -3 -5 -2
4 1 6 4 1

= (-2x6)-(1x3) î + (-3x4)-(6x-5) ĵ + (-5x1)-(4x-2) k̂


= -9 î + 18 ĵ + 3 k̂

C. A●( B X C) = (-2x-9) + (-5x18) + (2x3)


= 18 - 90 + 6
= -66

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