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General Physics Worksheet - Chapter 1 - (Phys1011)

The document contains 10 physics problems related to vectors and vector operations. The problems involve calculating magnitudes and directions of resultant vectors from sums and differences of other vectors, determining components and locations of vectors on graphs, finding displacements and forces using vector techniques, and calculating uncertainties in measurements.

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General Physics Worksheet - Chapter 1 - (Phys1011)

The document contains 10 physics problems related to vectors and vector operations. The problems involve calculating magnitudes and directions of resultant vectors from sums and differences of other vectors, determining components and locations of vectors on graphs, finding displacements and forces using vector techniques, and calculating uncertainties in measurements.

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Mekelle University

College of natural and computational science


Department of Physics (Course: General Physics)
Worksheet one
1. If vector B is added to vector A, under what condition does the resultant vector A + B
have magnitude A + B? Under what conditions is the resultant vector equal to zero?

2. Two vectors have magnitudes 5 and 3 units but unknown directions, the angle between
these two vectors is θ in degree such that resultant vector makes maximum angle with
vector of 5 unit. Find the value of 10 sin θ.

3. If one of the rectangular components of a vector is not zero, can its magnitude be zero?
Explain.

4. An experimenter performs a simple experiment to find the average acceleration of a


falling object. He drops a baseball from a building and uses a string and meter stick to
measure the height the ball was dropped, and he uses a stopwatch to find an average
time of fall for three trials from the same height and reports the following data: h = 5.25
± 0.15 m, t = 1.14 ± 0.06 s. Use the equation a = 2h/t2 to determine the average
acceleration and its uncertainty.

5. A dog searching for a bone walks 3.50m south, and then runs 8.20 m at an angle 30.0°
north of east, and finally walks 15.0 m west. Find the dog’s resultant displacement
vector using graphical techniques.

6. A man pushing a mop across a floor causes it to undergo two displacements. The first
has a magnitude of 150 cm and makes an angle of 120° with the positive x axis. The
resultant displacement has a magnitude of 140 cm and is directed at an angle of 35.0° to
the positive x axis. Find the magnitude and direction of the second displacement.

7. The rectangle showed in Figure 1 has sides parallel to the x and y axes. The position
vectors of two corners are A = 10.0 m at 50.0° and B = 12.0 m at 30.0°. (a) Find the
perimeter of the rectangle. (b) Find the magnitude and direction of the vector from the
origin to the upper right corner of the rectangle.

Figure 1
Mekelle University
College of natural and computational science
Department of Physics (Course: General Physics)
8. Three concurrent forces acting on a bracket (Figure 2). Find the magnitude and angle of
the resultant force.

Figure 2

9. A commuter airplane takes the route shown in Figure 3. First, it flies from the origin of
the coordinate system shown to city A, located 175 km in a direction 30.0° north of east.
Next, it flies 153 km 20.0° west of north to city B. Finally, it flies 195 km due west to city
C. Find the location of city C relative to the origin.

Figure 3

10. Each of the displacement vectors A and B shown in Figure 4 has a magnitude of 3.00 m.
(a) find the x and y components of the vectors A and B, (b) find graphically A + B, and A
- 2B and express in unit–vector notation.

Figure 4

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