Scribd
Upload
159 views3 pages

Resultant Displacement Calculations

1. A physics professor drove 4.25km south, then 2.75km west, then 1.5km north, resulting in a displacement of 3.89km at 45° southwest. 2. A postal employee drove routes totaling 6.192km east and 4.792km north, resulting in a displacement of 7.8km at 38° north of east. 3. Both summaries were verified using vector diagrams showing the component distances and directions adding to the total resultant displacement.

Uploaded by

jo420
Copyright
© All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
159 views3 pages

Resultant Displacement Calculations

1. A physics professor drove 4.25km south, then 2.75km west, then 1.5km north, resulting in a displacement of 3.89km at 45° southwest. 2. A postal employee drove routes totaling 6.192km east and 4.792km north, resulting in a displacement of 7.8km at 38° north of east. 3. Both summaries were verified using vector diagrams showing the component distances and directions adding to the total resultant displacement.

Uploaded by

jo420
Copyright
© All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd

1-35) A disoriented physics professor drives 4.25km south, then 2.75km west, then 1.

50km
north. Find the magnitude and direction of the resultant displacement, using the method of
components. Draw a vector addition diagram, roughly to scale, and show that the resultant
displacement found from your diagram agrees with the result you obtained using the method of
components.

Component X Y
Method

A 0 -4.25

B -2.75 0

C 0 +1.50

Total -2.75km -2.75km

Given:
(A) 4.25 Km, South
(B) 2.75 Km, West
(C) 1.50 Km, North

To compute for Resultant: To compute for angle:

R=√ ¿ ¿

R=√ ¿ ¿
θ=tan −1 ( −2.75
−2.75 )

R=3.89 Km θ=450 , South West

Final Answer : 3.89 km, 45° Southwest


1-36) A postal employee drives a delivery truck over the route shown in Fig. 1-24. Use the
method of components to determine the magnitude and direction of her resultant displacement.
Draw a vector addition diagram, roughly to scale, and show that the resultant displacement found
from your diagram agrees with the result you obtained using the method of components.

Component X Y
Method

A 0 +2.6

B +4.0 0

C 3.1cos45 3.1sin45 =
= +2.1920 +2.1920

Total 6,192km 4.792km

Given:
(A) 2.6 Km, North
(B) 4.0 Km, East
(C) 3.1 Km, North of East

To compute for Resultant: To compute for angle:


R=√ ¿ ¿

R=√ ¿ ¿
θ=tan −1 ( 4.79
6.19 )

R=7.8 Km θ=380 , North of East


Final Answer :7.8 Km , 38° North of East

You might also like