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PHY 101 - Sec 01
Dr. Syed
September 10th ’09

Quiz 2

A particle makes five successive displacements. Magnitude and direction of the four displacements are
given by

~1 :
A 7 m @ 2700 above +x-axis
~2 :
A 11 m @ 1200 above +x-axis
~
A3 : 9 m @ 400 above +x-axis
~4 :
A 5 m @ 600 above +x-axis

1. If the resultant of the five displacements is zero, use the method of components to determine the
fifth displacement in both unit vector notation and magnitude-direction form. [8 points]
Solution:

2. Draw a vector addition diagram and show that it is in qualitative agreement with your numerical
solution above. [2 points]
Solution: