Practice Problems
Adding Parallel, Anti-parallel, and Orthogonal Vectors
Directions:
On this worksheet you will practice adding vectors that are either parallel or antiparallel as well as those that are at right angles to each other.
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Question 1
Two vectors are added together: (5,0º) and (10, 180º). The magnitude of their resultant is
11.2
15
50
not given
5
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Question 2
What is the direction of the resultant in Question #1
0º
cannot be determined
180º
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Question 3
Two vectors are added together: (8, 0º) and (21, 270º). The magnitude of their resultant is
13.0
22.5
29.0
7.4
not given
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Question 4
The direction of the vector in Question #3 is
20.9º
339.1º
339.1º
69.1º
290.9º
249.1º
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Question 5
Two vectors are added together: (21, 90º) and (10, 180º). The magnitude of their resultant is
not given
11.0
31.0
23.3
7.7
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Question 6
The direction of the vector in Question #5 is
115.5º
151.6º
64.5º
151.6º
154.5º
28.4º
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