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 (11, 180º). The magnitude of their resultant is
4
18
13.0
not given
77
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Question 2
What is the direction of the resultant in Question #1
0º
180º
cannot be determined
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Question 3
Two vectors are added together: (7, 0º) and (21, 270º). The magnitude of their resultant is
28.0
22.1
14.0
not given
7.2
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Question 4
The direction of the vector in Question #3 is
341.6º
71.6º
18.4º
341.6º
288.4º
251.6º
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Question 5
Two vectors are added together: (21, 90º) and (11, 180º). The magnitude of their resultant is
23.7
not given
10.0
7.9
32.0
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Question 6
The direction of the vector in Question #5 is
152.4º
117.6º
31.6º
62.4º
148.4º
148.4º
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