dickinson (jkd959) HW 3.

2 Components of a Vector bailey (145)

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001 10.0 points
When giving directions to your house, you tell
someone to drive two miles east, then three
miles north, then one mile west.
What are the components of a vector that
points from his house to yours?
1. The west component of the vector is 1
mile; the south component is 3 miles.
2. The west component of the vector is 1
mile; the north component is 3 miles.
3. The east component of the vector is three
miles; the south component is 3 miles.
4. The east component of the vector is 1
mile; the south component is 3 miles.
5. The west component of the vector is three
miles; the north component is 3 miles.
6. None of these
7. The east component of the vector is 1
mile; the north component is 3 miles.
002 (part 1 of 2) 10.0 points
A truck travels beneath an airplane that is
moving 170 km/h at an angle of 43 to the
ground.
How fast must the truck travel to stay beneath the airplane?
Answer in units of km/h.
003 (part 2 of 2) 10.0 points
What is the magnitude of the vertical component of the velocity of the plane?
Answer in units of km/h.
004 (part 1 of 2) 10.0 points
A cat climbs 20 m directly up a tree.
What is the horizontal component of the
cats displacement?

Answer in units of m.
005 (part 2 of 2) 10.0 points
What is the vertical component of the cats
displacement?
Answer in units of m.
006 (part 1 of 2) 10.0 points
A child rides a toboggan down a hill that
descends at an angle of 13.1 to the horizontal.
The hill is 21.5 m long.
What is the horizontal component of the
childs displacement?
Answer in units of m.
007 (part 2 of 2) 10.0 points
What is the vertical component of the childs
displacement?
Answer in units of m.
008 10.0 points
When the Sun is directly overhead, a hawk
dives toward the ground at a speed of
5.42 m/s.
If the direction of his motion is at an angle
of 57.6 below the horizontal, calculate the
speed of his shadow along the ground.
Answer in units of m/s.
009 (part 1 of 2) 10.0 points
A descent vehicle landing on the moon has
a vertical velocity toward the surface of the
moon of 35.1 m/s. At the same time, it has a
horizontal velocity of 57.8 m/s.
At what speed does the vehicle move along
its descent path?
Answer in units of m/s.
010 (part 2 of 2) 10.0 points
At what angle with the vertical is its path?
Answer in units of .
011 10.0 points
An airplane flies 280 km due east, makes a
right-angle turn, and then flies 450 km due
north.
Find the magnitude of the planes displacement from its starting point. Neglect the
curvature of the earth.

dickinson (jkd959) HW 3.2 Components of a Vector bailey (145)

Answer in units of km.
012 (part 1 of 2) 10.0 points
A pedestrian moves 2.5 km east and then
2.9 km north.
Find the magnitude of the resultant displacement vector.
Answer in units of km.
013 (part 2 of 2) 10.0 points
What is the direction of the displacement vector (using the counter-clockwise angular direction to be positive, within the limits of
180 to +180 )?
Answer in units of .
014 (part 1 of 2) 10.0 points
~ has x and y components of 20 cm
Vector A
~ has x and y
and 13 cm , respectively; vector B
components of 17.1 cm and 20 cm , respectively.
~ B
~ +3 C
~ = 0, what is the x component
If A
~
of C ?
Answer in units of cm.
015 (part 2 of 2) 10.0 points
~?
What is the y component of C
Answer in units of cm.