PHYS182: Physics for Engineers - Laboratory Second Semester, AY 2022-2023

Marvin M. Angeles
NAME: _______________________________ DATE: February 01, 2023

COURSE, YEAR & SECTION: ___________

BSCHE-1; M3 INSTRUCTOR: Sir Aquim P. Bordomeo
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Activity No. 1
FINDING RESULTANT VECTOR
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STUDENT OUTPUT:
1.
MAGNITUDE DIRECTION
(Units) (Standard Angle)
Vector 1 8.9 26.6°
Vector 2 6.3 108.4°
Vector 3 11.2 169.7°
Vector 4 8.6 215.5°
Vector 5 7.2 303.7°
Resultant Vector 8.1 172.9°
PHYS182: Physics for Engineers - Laboratory Second Semester, AY 2022-2023

2. MAGNITUDE DIRECTION
(Units) (Standard Angle)
Vector 1 7.6 113.2°
Vector 2 10 216.9°
Vector 3 7.6 293.2°
Vector 4 10 354.3°
Resultant Vector 7.3 285.9°

3. Screenshot of the Handwritten Solution:

PHYS182: Physics for Engineers - Laboratory Second Semester, AY 2022-2023

What I have learned?

In the experiment, I learned that the resultant is the vector sum of all the individual
vectors. While I used the component method in resolving the vectors, I discovered that θ
should be in a standard position. It means that its vertex is located at the origin and the initial
side is on the positive x-axis. When the θ is negative, it should be first converted into a positive
angle before doing further calculations. Moreover, the resultant vector has an x-component
equivalent to the summation of the x-components of the single vectors and a y-component
equivalent to the summation of the y-components of the single vectors. For three-dimensional
vectors, the z-component of the resultant would be equivalent to the summation of the z-
components of the single vectors and it goes with more than three-dimensional vectors as
well.