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Components of Vectors Handouts
Part A In exercises 1 – 4, vectors A and B form a right angle. Find the magnitude and direction (the angle from
vector A) of the resultant.
1. A = 14.7 2. A = 592 B = 19.2 B = 195
In exercises 3 – 12 with the given sets of components, find R and θ.
11,39 .10 246.1 ,6941.0 .9
20,20 .8 2030 ,646 7. .2097 ,729 .6
56.2 ,982.0 .05.52 ,6.89 .4 56.8 ,18.5 3.
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yxyx
yxyxyx
RR
RRRR
RRRRRR
Part B In exercises 1 – 4, find the horizontal and vertical components of the vectors shown. The magnitude for
each vector is 750.
In exercises 5 – 12, find the x- and y- components of the given vectors by use of trigonometric functions.
5.22 ,8.67Magnitude 12. 83.301 ,806.1Magnitude .11
5.156 ,400,16Magnitude 10. 3.283 ,04.9Magnitude .9
3.197 ,65.2Magnitude 8. .0145 ,8.76Magnitude 7.
273 ,9750Magnitude 6. 68.0 8.60,Magnitude .5
Part C In exercises 1 – 3, write each vector in component form, <a, b>.
1. 2. 3.
In exercises 4 – 6, find the horizontal and vertical components for the following vectors.
4. 50v,20
5. 26v,6.50
6. 8.47v,0535
Part D In exercises 1 – 10, add the given vectors using trigonometric functions and the Pythagorean Theorem.
1. 2. 3.
4.
5. 6. 7.
8. 9. 10.