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: (3,0º) and (11, 180º). The magnitude of their resultant is
14
8
33
11.4
not given
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Question 2
What is the direction of the resultant in Question #1
cannot be determined
0º
180º
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Question 3
Two vectors are added together: (5, 0º) and (20, 270º). The magnitude of their resultant is
not given
20.6
25.0
15.0
6.7
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Question 4
The direction of the vector in Question #3 is
76.0º
14.0º
284.0º
256.0º
346.0º
346.0º
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Question 5
Two vectors are added together: (20, 90º) and (11, 180º). The magnitude of their resultant is
31.0
not given
7.8
22.8
9.0
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Question 6
The direction of the vector in Question #5 is
33.4º
146.6º
146.6º
118.8º
61.2º
151.2º
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