September 2, 2021

Activity 2- Vectors

Objectives:

● Understand that some quantities in physics are vectors, others are scalars.
● Be able to perform vector addition graphically (tip-tail rule) and with components.
● Understand vector components.
● Be able to apply these concepts to displacement.

Procedures:

1. Using google maps, select any origin and a destination with two turns.
2. Record the coordinates of the origin, each turn and the destination.
3. Convert the latitude and longitude into kilometer unit using the conversion factor of 1° = 111 km.
4. Solve the components of the vector by subtracting the coordinates of origin from destination for each turn.
Use longitude as your x-components and latitude as y-components.
5. Add the components of the three vectors.
6. Solve the resultant of the three vectors.
7. Calculate the angle of the resultant vector.
8. Using google map, measure the resultant vector by right clicking the origin and select measure distance.
After that, click the destination and it will show the distance from the origin to the destination. Record the
value and compare it to your calculated resultant vector.

Data Gathering

1. Insert the screenshot of the map here

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2. Records of coordinates

Path Latitude in degrees Longitude in degrees

origin 7.570508661 124.9872348

Turn1 7.571311821 124.9863296

Turn2 7.571567481 124.9865486

destination 7.572018504 124.9860158

3. Convert the coordinates into kilometers

Path Latitude in kilometers Longitude in kilometers

origin 840.3264614 13873.58306

Turn1 840.4156121 13873.48259

Turn2 840.4439904 13873.5069

destination 840.4940539 13873.44775

4. Components of vectors

Vectors x-components y-components

Vector A -0.100467634 0.089150738

Vector B 0.024306685 0.028378279

Vector C -0.059146269 0.050063525

Resultant Vector -0.135307218 0.167592543

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5. Calculate the magnitude of the resultant vector.

6. Calculate the direction of the resultant vector.

6. Insert the screenshot of the resultant vector using google maps.

Questions

1. What if you will choose a different path to your destination, would you have the same resultant vector?
Why?

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Yes, since the resultant, →R R →, is the vector connecting the tail of the first vector drawn to the head of the
last vector drawn which implies that whatever route is taken, the distance from the starting point to the end
point will always be the same.

2. What is the importance in finding the resultant vector?

To be able to know how far an object has travelled from the origin to its destination.

Conclusions:

Learning vectors can be used to model real-world situations. They are a combination of magnitude and direction,
drawn as arrows, and are used in finding or locating individual objects acted upon by an external force.