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Forquestions24,usethegraphsA,B,andCabovewhichrepresentacartravelingonastraighteastwesthighway.Eastisconsideredthepositivedirection.Atthe
start,thecaristravelingwestataconstant60mph.Whenitreachesthetownlimits,itslowsdownto30mphandcontinuesatthatspeeduntilitreachesthewestendof
town,atwhichpointitspeedsupquicklyto60mphandmaintainsthatspeed.
Whichgraphbestrepresentsthevelocityofthecarasafunctionoftime?
A)GraphB
B)GraphA
C)noneofthegraphs
D)GraphC
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CorrectAnswer(s): D

3. Whichgraphbestrepresentstheaccelerationofthecarasafunctionoftime?
A)GraphA
B)GraphB
C)noneofthegraphs
D)GraphC
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CorrectAnswer(s): B

4. Whichgraphbestrepresentsthepositionofthecarasafunctionoftime?
A)GraphA
B)noneofthegraphs
C)GraphC
D)GraphB
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CorrectAnswer(s): A

5. Whatmustaquantityhaveinordertobeavector?(theremaybemorethanoneanswer)
A)achangingvalue
B)magnitude
C)direction
D)aconstantvalue
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CorrectAnswer(s): B,C

6. Aboatpropelsitselfrelativetotheriverwaterat3mphNorth.Therivercurrentis4mphWest.Themagnitudeoftheboat'svelocity(relativetotheshore)is
A)5mph
B)1mph
C)1mph
D)noneofthegivenanswers
E)7mph
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CorrectAnswer(s): A

7. VectorAhasamagnitudeof10.VectorBhasamagnitudeof7.ThemagnitudeofthevectorsumofAandBis
A)3
B)3
C)noneofthegivenanswers
D)17
E)between17and3
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CorrectAnswer(s): E

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Whichvector(ofvectorsA,B,andC)isaresultantoftheothertwo?
A)vectorB
B)noneoftheabove
C)vectorC
D)alloftheabove
E)vectorA
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CorrectAnswer(s): A

9. OfvectorsD,E,FandGwhichhavenegativeycomponents?
A)vectorD
B)vectorE
C)vectorG
D)vectorF
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CorrectAnswer(s): A,B

10. Whichsumofvectorswouldhavetheresultantwiththelargestmagnitude?
A)VectorD+vectorE+vectorF+vectorF
B)VectorGvectorD
C)VectorG+vectorF+vectorE
D)VectorG+vectorE
E)VectorG
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CorrectAnswer(s): B

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11. Tofindthemagnitudeofavector,
A)calculatethesumofitscomponents
B)dividethevectorbyaunitvector
C)addtogethercomponents,usingtheirpositiveandnegativevalues
D)calculateitsdirection
E)calculatethesquarerootofthesumofthesquaresofitscomponents
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CorrectAnswer(s): E

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