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1. The document is a tutorial sheet for an introductory physics course covering scalars and vectors. It includes 17 problems involving vector operations such as addition, subtraction, cross products, dot products, and resolving vectors into components. 2. Problem 15 asks the student to find vector B and the unit vector B̂ given that the cross product of A × B = 3i, the dot product A · B = 12, and A = 3j. 3. Problem 16 asks the student to use the method of components to find (i) the bearing of vector A, and (ii) the magnitude of vector C, given that vectors A, B, and C add to zero as shown in the

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Tutorial 2 - Scalars and Vectors - 2023 - 2024

1. The document is a tutorial sheet for an introductory physics course covering scalars and vectors. It includes 17 problems involving vector operations such as addition, subtraction, cross products, dot products, and resolving vectors into components. 2. Problem 15 asks the student to find vector B and the unit vector B̂ given that the cross product of A × B = 3i, the dot product A · B = 12, and A = 3j. 3. Problem 16 asks the student to use the method of components to find (i) the bearing of vector A, and (ii) the magnitude of vector C, given that vectors A, B, and C add to zero as shown in the

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THE COPPERBELT UNIVERSITY

SCHOOL OF MATHEMATICS AND NATURAL SCIENCES


DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS

PH 110 INTRODUCTORY PHYSICS


TUTORIAL SHEET 2 2023: SCALARS AND VECTORS

1. Use the (i) graphical method and (ii) analytical (component method) to fully
describe the resultant of the coplanar vector combination acting at point O in the
figure below:

Figure 1.1

2. The resultant of three vectors is 60.0 N directed at 45 o below the negative x-axis.
One vector is along the positive x-axis and is of magnitude 20.0 N. The second
vector has components -12.0 N in the x and 6.0 N in the y. Fully describe the third
vector.

3. In Fig. 2.1 Find the direction and magnitude of:


A 30m
a) the vector sum A + B
b) the vector difference A-B 25º
c) the vector difference B-A Fig. 1.2 20º
B 20m

4. A rectangular parallelepiped has dimensions a, b and c as shown in Fig. 1.3


(i) Obtain a vector expression for the face diagonal vector R1 . What is the
magnitude of this vector?

(ii) Obtain a vector expression of the body diagonal vector R 2 and prove that
the magnitude of R 2 is a2  b2  c2

1
Fig. 1.3

5. The three finalists in a contest are brought to the centre of a large, flat field.
Each is given a metre stick, a compass, a calculator, a shovel and the following
three displacements:
72.4 m, 32.00 east of north;
57.3 m, 36.00 south of west;
17.8 m straight south.
The three displacements lead to a point where the keys to a new building are
buried. Two contestants start measuring immediately; the winner first calculates
where to go. What does the winner calculate in terms of magnitude and direction?

6. A ship is steaming due east at a speed of 12 ms -1. A passenger runs across the
deck at a speed of 5 ms-1 toward north. What is the resultant velocity of the
passenger relative to the sea?

7. The polar coordinates of a point are r  5.5 m and   240 . What are the Cartesian
coordinates of this point?

8. You find yourself pacing, in a deep thought about a physics problem. First you
walk 12 meters due east. Then, you walk 6 meters due north. Then you doze off
and find yourself 50 meters from your starting place, 30° north of east. How far
did you walk while you were not paying attention?

9. Jelita walks 20 feet, 20° north of east. He then walks 32 feet, 40° north of west.
Then 10 feet, 5° south of west. Then 65 feet, 69° south of east. What is the
magnitude and direction of her resultant displacement?

10. Find the magnitude and angle of the resultant of the following displacement
vectors:
A = 5.0 m at E 370 N
B = 6.0 m at W 450 N
C = 4.0 m at W 300 S

2
D = 3.0 m at E 600 S
11. Find the cross product of A  B where A  2iˆ  3 ˆj , B  iˆ  2 ˆj

12. Given a vector A  3i  6 j  2k . Find another vector B which is parallel to vector A


and has a magnitude of 17 units.

13. Given the A  i  2 j  3k and B  3i  4 j  5k


a) determine a unit vector perpendicular to both A and B
b) find the angle between A and B

14. Find a vector whose length is 7 and which is perpendicular to each of the vectors
B  2i  3 j  5k and C  i  j  k

15. If vector A  3 j , A  B  3i and A  B  12 . Find


a) B
b) B̂

16. The vectors A, B, and C shown in the diagram alongside add together so
that their resultant is zero.
A = 34 N
Use the method of components to find the North

(i) the bearing of vector A, and


C 
(ii) the magnitude of vector C.

B = 18 N
17. Three forces are acting on a body as shown in figure in figure below where A
= 10 N, B = 20 N, and C = 15 N. Find the magnitude and the direction of the
resultant force acting on the body.

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