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Vectors: How Do Vectors Combine Into A Resultant

This document discusses vectors and their properties. It explains that vectors can be depicted using vector diagrams to show direction and magnitude. Vectors represent quantities that have both magnitude and direction, while scalars only have magnitude. Distance is a scalar, while displacement is a vector that represents how far an object's position has changed. Vector addition problems can be solved graphically by drawing the vectors to scale, or analytically by using the Pythagorean theorem. Trigonometric methods can also be used to calculate vector components based on angles and trigonometric functions. Examples are provided to demonstrate solving vector problems graphically and through calculation.

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Vectors: How Do Vectors Combine Into A Resultant

This document discusses vectors and their properties. It explains that vectors can be depicted using vector diagrams to show direction and magnitude. Vectors represent quantities that have both magnitude and direction, while scalars only have magnitude. Distance is a scalar, while displacement is a vector that represents how far an object's position has changed. Vector addition problems can be solved graphically by drawing the vectors to scale, or analytically by using the Pythagorean theorem. Trigonometric methods can also be used to calculate vector components based on angles and trigonometric functions. Examples are provided to demonstrate solving vector problems graphically and through calculation.

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Vectors

How do vectors combine into a


resultant
Vector Diagrams

Vector diagrams are diagrams
which depict the direction and
relative magnitude of a vector
quantity by a vector arrow
Vectors:
Motion
the size of the velocity vector is
increasing, so the diagram is
depicting a motion with increasing
velocity
Scalars and Vectors

Scalars are quantities which are
fully described by a magnitude
alone.
Vectors are quantities which are
fully described by both a
magnitude and a direction
Distance and
Displacement

Distance is a scalar quantity
which refers to "how much ground
an object has covered" during its
motion.
Displacement is a vector quantity
which refers to "how far out of
place an object is"; it is the
object's change in position

Graphical (Scale method) and
Analytical (Pythagorean)
C
2
= a
2
+ b
2

C
2
= (11 km)
2
+ (11 km)
2
C
2
= 242 km
2

C = 15.6 km
Example Vector Problem
A motorboat heads due east at 16 m/s
across a river that flows due north at 9.0
m/s.
What is the resultant velocity of the boat?
If the river is 136 m wide, how long does it
take the motorboat to reach the other side?
Solution : Graphical Method
What is the resultant velocity of the
boat?
Solution: Calculation of time
If the river is 136 m wide, how long
does it take the motorboat to reach
the other side?
V = d/t
18 m/s = 136 m
t
t = 7.56 s

Trigonometric Method
Using the relationship of angles and Trigonometric
functions to determine the magnitude of the vectors
Example Problem:
Trigonometry
Determine the
components of a
20 m displacement
30
0
northwest.
a west
component and
b north
component.
Solution Trigonometry
By choosing the
proper
component,
a: opposite
b: adjacent
c: resultant
Solve for each
component
Summary
Vector addition problems may be solved
by 2 methods:
Graphical
Analytical (Pythagorean)
Graphical method depends on a scale and
use of angular
measurements
Analytical method will
use the formulas:
c
2
= a
2
+ b
2


Trigonometry

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