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 (12, 180º). The magnitude of their resultant is
13.0
60
17
not given
7
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Question 2
What is the direction of the resultant in Question #1
cannot be determined
180º
0º
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Question 3
Two vectors are added together: (6, 0º) and (18, 270º). The magnitude of their resultant is
12.0
19.0
not given
6.7
24.0
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Question 4
The direction of the vector in Question #3 is
341.6º
341.6º
251.6º
288.4º
71.6º
18.4º
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Question 5
Two vectors are added together: (18, 90º) and (12, 180º). The magnitude of their resultant is
not given
21.6
6.0
7.7
30.0
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Question 6
The direction of the vector in Question #5 is
138.2º
41.8º
56.3º
138.2º
146.3º
123.7º
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