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: (5,0º) and (10, 180º). The magnitude of their resultant is
15
not given
50
11.2
5
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Question 2
What is the direction of the resultant in Question #1
180º
cannot be determined
0º
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Question 3
Two vectors are added together: (8, 0º) and (20, 270º). The magnitude of their resultant is
not given
7.3
12.0
21.5
28.0
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Question 4
The direction of the vector in Question #3 is
291.8º
338.2º
68.2º
248.2º
21.8º
338.2º
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Question 5
Two vectors are added together: (20, 90º) and (10, 180º). The magnitude of their resultant is
10.0
30.0
7.6
not given
22.4
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Question 6
The direction of the vector in Question #5 is
150.0º
150.0º
153.4º
30.0º
63.4º
116.6º
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