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Addis Ababa Science & Technology University

College of Natural & Applied Sciences

Department of Mathematics, Physics & Statistics(MPS)

General Physics (Phys 1001) Worksheet – I

Group Work: ( No. 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 19, 21, 22)

1. If the component vector 𝐴⃗ along the direction of vector 𝐵 ⃗⃗ is zero, what can you conclude about the vectors?
2. a) Is it possible to add a vector quantity to a scalar quantity? Explain
b) Can the magnitude of a vector have a negative value? Explain
3. Which of the following are vectors and which are not: force, temperature, the volume of water in a can, the ratings
of a TV show, the height of a building, the velocity of a sports car, the age of the Universe?
4. Determine the number of significant figures for the following numbers:

90000 70000000.0 84.10000

5. A jogger runs 145 m in a direction 20.0° east of north and then 105 m in a direction 35.0° south of east. Using
components, determine the magnitude and direction of the resultant vector for these two displacements.
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6. A particle undergoes three consecutive displacements: d1  (15i  30 j  12k )cm , d 2  (23i 14 j  5k )cm and
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d 3  (13i  15 j )cm Find the magnitude & direction of the resultant displacement.
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7. Consider the two vectors A  3i  2 j and B  i  4 j then Calculate:
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(a) A  B (b) A  B (c) A  B (d) A  B
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8. Given the two vectors A  2i  j  k and B  3i  2 j  k then find:
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(a) a unit vector in the direction of  3 A  2B (b) A  B (c) ( A  B)  ( A  B)
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9. Three displacement vectors of a cricket ball are shown in the Figure below, where A  20 units, B  40 units,
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and C  30 units. Find the magnitude and direction of the resultant displacement.

10. Vector 𝐴⃗ lies in the 𝑦 − 𝑧 plane of 630 from the positive 𝑦 − 𝑎𝑥𝑖𝑠 and has magnitude of 3.2 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡 Vector 𝐵
⃗⃗ lies in
the 𝑥 − 𝑧 plane of 480 from the positive 𝑥 − 𝑎𝑥𝑖𝑠 and has magnitude of 1.4 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡 Find the 𝐴⃗. 𝐵
⃗⃗ , 𝐴⃗𝑥𝐵
⃗⃗ and the
angle between 𝐴⃗ and 𝐵
⃗⃗

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11. Given three vectors A  ( 2i  3 j  4k ) m and B  (3i  j  2k )m and C  (2i  2 j  k )m then find:
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(a) The angle between vectors A and B
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(b) Unit vector along the direction of B .
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(c) Unit vector perpendicular to both vectors B and C .
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(d) Area of the triangle with A and B as its sides.
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(e) Area of the parallelogram with B and C as its sides.
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12. Vector A has x and y components of -8.7cm and 15cm respectively; vector B has x and y components of 13.2cm
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and -6.6cm respectively. If A  B  3C  0 , What are the x and y components of vector C ?
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13. Given a unit vector uˆ  iˆ  j where a , b and c are positive scalars. Find c and express its value in terms of
c c
a and b .
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14. A certain force vector is expressible as F  (10i  bj ) N . What is the value of the constant b if the magnitude of
the force vector is 26N?
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15. Let A  150N and the vector A makes an angle of 600 with the positive y axis. Let P be the scalar projection of
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A on to the xz plane and it makes an angle of 300 with the positive x axis. Express vector A in terms of its
rectangular(x,y,z) components;
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16. For what value of a are the vectors A  2i  4 j  6k and B  3i  3a  3k perpendicular to each other?
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17. If A and B are unknown vectors such that A  3B  3i  j and A  B  i  2 j ,then find the expression for the
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vectors A and B ?
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18. Let vectors A  2i  3 j and an unknown vector 𝐵 ⃗⃗ lie on the xy plane, where A  B  4 and | 𝐴⃗ 𝑋 𝐵
⃗⃗ | = 4
A) Find the angle  between the two vectors
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B) Find B and express it in terms of rectangular unit vectors
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19. Consider vector A  ni  mj and vector B in which n and m are scalars. If A  B  2nm and
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A  B  (n 2  m2 )k then find B and express it in terms of n , m
20. If 𝐴⃗ = 2𝑖̂ − 𝑗̂ + 𝑘̂ and 𝐵
⃗⃗ = 𝑖̂ + 2𝑗̂ − 3𝑘̂ then evaluate (2𝐴⃗ + 𝐵
⃗⃗)𝑥(𝐴⃗ − 2𝐵⃗⃗)
21. In the diagram below, 𝐴⃗ is a vector of magnitude 35 cm; 𝐵 ⃗⃗ is a vector of magnitude 13 cm.
If tan𝛼=4/3 and tan𝛽=5/12, write A and B in terms of 𝑖̂ and 𝑗

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22. For two vectors 𝐴⃗ and B , if 𝐴⃗ x B = 6 𝑖̂ + 2𝑗̂ + 5𝑘̂ , 𝐴⃗ ⋅ 𝐵
⃗⃗ = −13, 𝐴⃗ + B = -2𝑖̂ + 𝑗̂ + 2𝑘̂
⃗⃗| = 3, then find:
and |𝐴
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a) The two vectors 𝐴⃗ and B .
b) A third vector having magnitude twice 𝐴⃗ and direction perpendicular to both vectors.
c) A third vector having magnitude of 50 units and direction perpendicular to both vectors

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