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: (6,0º) and (14, 180º). The magnitude of their resultant is
8
15.2
84
not given
20
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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: (6, 0º) and (16, 270º). The magnitude of their resultant is
6.4
22.0
17.1
not given
10.0
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Question 4
The direction of the vector in Question #3 is
339.4º
249.4º
290.6º
339.4º
69.4º
20.6º
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Question 5
Two vectors are added together: (16, 90º) and (14, 180º). The magnitude of their resultant is
21.3
2.0
30.0
7.7
not given
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Question 6
The direction of the vector in Question #5 is
138.8º
131.2º
61.0º
119.0º
119.0º
48.8º
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