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Ex 1. Use the following diagram and the triangle Ex 2. Use the following diagram and the triangle rule
rule compute the required operations. compute the required operations.
r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r
a) a + b b) b + c c) a + c a) a + b + c b) b + c + d c) a + b + c + d
D Parallelogram Rule (Tail to Tail Rule) Ex 3. Use the parallelogram rule to compute the required
To add two geometric vectors, the following rule operations:
can also be used:
a) Position both vectors with their tails at the same
point.
b) Build a parallelogram using the vectors as two
sides.
c) The sum (resultant) is given by the diagonal of
the parallelogram starting from the common tail
point.
r r r r r r
a) a + b b) b + c c) a + c
r
Ex 4. Analyze the following specific cases of Ex 5. Given the magnitude of two vectors || a ||= 4 and
addition of two vectors. Explain and make a r
|| b ||= 7 , and the angle between them when placed tail to tail
diagram.
as being = 60 , find the magnitude of the vector sum
r r r
a) = 0 s = a + b and the direction (the angles between the vector
sum and each vector). Draw a diagram.
r r r r
|| a + b ||=|| a || + || b ||
b) = / 2
I Inverse Operation
The vector subtraction operation is the inverse o
operation of the vector addition:
r r r r r r
d =a b a =b +d
r
J Magnitude and Direction for Vector Difference Ex 8. Given the magnitude of two vectors || a ||= 10 and
r r r r r r
Let a and b be two vectors and d = a b be the || b ||= 14 , and the angle between them when placed tail to
vector difference. Let be the angle between the
r r tail as being = 120 , find the magnitude of the vector
vectors a and b when they are placed tail to tail: r r r
difference d = a b and the direction (the angles between
the vector sum and each vector). Draw a diagram.