PHY 111: Tutorial 1

1. The following times are given in seconds. Use metric prefixes to rewrite them so the
numerical value is greater than one but less than 1000.
a) 9.57 × 105 s
b) 0.045 s
c) 5.5 × 10−7 s
d) 3.16 × 107 s.
2. Rewrite the following in scientific notation without the prefix. (a) 89 Tm; (b) 89 pm; (c)
711 mm; (d) 0.45 μm.
3. Rewrite the following scientific notation so that their numerical values are bigger than one
but less than 1000 using prefixes. (a) 7.59 × 107 m; (b) 0.0074 m; (c) 8.8 × 10−11 m; (d) 1.63 × 1013
m.
4. The speed limit on some interstate highways is roughly 100 km/h. (a) What is this in meters
per second?
5. A car is traveling at a speed of 33 m/s. What is its speed in kilometers per hour?
6. Determine which formulas are dimensionally consistent. (a) 𝑉 = 𝜋𝑟 2 ℎ; (b) 𝐴 = 2𝜋𝑟 2 +
𝜋𝑑3
2𝜋𝑟ℎ; (c) 𝑉 = 0.5𝑏ℎ; (d) 𝑉 = 𝜋𝑑2 ; (e) 𝑉 = .
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7. Consider Figures a and b below. The magnitude of vector 𝐷 = 3.00 𝑚 and the angle 𝛼 =
45°. The magnitude of vector 𝐸 = 4.50 𝑚 and the angle 𝛽 = 37°. Find the components of 𝑥 and
⃗ in Figures a and b.
y of vector 𝐷
8. ⃗ )𝑚 and 𝐵
Given the two displacements: 𝐴 = (6𝑖 + 3𝑗 − 1𝑘 ⃗ )𝑚. Find the
⃗ = (4𝑖 − 5𝑗 + 8𝑘

⃗.
magnitude of the displacement 𝐶 = 2𝐴 − 𝐵
9. ⃗ = 5.
Consider the figure below and find the scalar product between 𝐴 = 4 and 𝐵

10. ⃗ and 𝐵
Find the angle between the vectors : 𝐴 = 2𝑖 + 3𝑗 + 1𝑘 ⃗.
⃗ = −4𝑖 + 2𝑗 − 1𝑘

11. ⃗ has
Vector 𝐴 has magnitude 6 units and is in the direction of the + x-axis. Vector 𝐵
magnitude 4 units and lies in the xy-plane, making an angle of 30° with the +x-axis. Find their
vector product.

12. Vector has magnitude 2 and vector has magnitude 3. The angle between and is known to
be 0°, 90°, or 180°. For each of the following situations, state what the value of must be. (In each
 ⃗ = 0: (b) 𝐴 × 𝐵
situation there may be more than one correct answer.) (a) 𝐴. 𝐵 ⃗ = 0 (c) 𝐴. 𝐵
⃗ = 6 (d)
⃗ = −6 (e) (𝑚𝑎𝑔𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝐴. 𝐵
𝐴. 𝐵 ⃗)=6

13. Three dogs are pulling on a stick in different directions. The first dog pulls with force 𝐹1 =
⃗ ), the second dog pulls with force 𝐹2 = (−15.0𝑖 − 6.2𝑘
(10.0𝑖 − 20.4𝑗 + 2.0𝑘 ⃗ ), and the third dog

pulls with force 𝐹3 = (5.0𝑖 + 12.5𝑗). Find the angle between 𝐹1 and 𝐹2 .