Vector Addition and Subtraction

1. Two vectors, of magnitudes 3 and 4, respectively, are added. The magnitude of the resultant vector is (a) 1, (b)
7, or (c) between 1 and 7? (c)

2. The resultant of A – B is the same as that of (a) B – A, (b) –A + B, (c) – (A + B), (d) – (B – A). (d)

3. A vector has an x component of -2.5 m and a y component of 4.2 m. what is the vector expressed in magnitude-
angle form? (4.9 m, 59° above –x axis)
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4. During takeoff with no wind, an airplane moves with a speed of 120 mi/h at an angle of 25 above the ground.
What is the ground speed of the plane? (109 mi/h)

5. Two boys are pulling a box across a horizontal floor as show in the figure. If F 1= 50.0 N and F2= 100 N, find the
resultant (or sum) force by the component method. (145 N at 50.1° north of east)

6. Find the resultant (or sum) of the three vectors A = (-4.0 m) x + (2.0 m) y , B = (6.0 m) x + (3.5 m) y, and C

=(-5.5 m) y. (2.0 m) x

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7. For the vectors shown in the figure, determine A +B + C. (16 m/s at 79 above the -x-axis)

8. For the vectors shown in the figure above, determine A - B - C. (21 m/s at 51° below the +x axis)

9. Two force vectors, F1 = (3.0 N) x– (3.0 N) y and F2 = (-6.0 N) x+ (4.5 N) y, are applied to a particle. What third
force F3 would make the net or resultant force on the particular zero? (3.4 N at 27° below the +x axis)

10. Two force vectors, F1 = 8.0 N at an angle of 60° above the +x axis and F2 = 5.5 N at an angle of 45° below the +x
axis, are applied to a particle at the origin. What third force F3 would make the net or resultant force on the
particle zero? (8.5 N at 21° below –x axis)
11. An amusement park roller coaster starts out on a level track 50.0 m long and then goes up a 25.0-meter incline
at an angle of 30° to the horizontal. It then goes down a 15.0-meter ramp with an incline of 40° to the horizontal.
When the roller coaster has reached the bottom of the ramp, what is its displacement from its starting point?
(83.2 m at 2.0° above the horizontal)

12. A person walks from point A to point B as shown in the figure. What is the person’s displacement relative to A?
(27 m at 72° above the –x axis)

13. Two students pull on a box at rest as shown in the figure from problem 5. If F 1 = 100 N and F2 = 150 N and a
third student wants to stop the box from moving initially, what force should he apply? (242 N at 48° below –x
axis)