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Commuter Airplane Route Analysis

This document contains 6 physics problems involving vectors: 1) Adding two vectors with given magnitudes and directions. 2) Calculating the x and y components of a vector. 3) Finding the magnitude and direction of a vector given its components. 4) Determining the location of a city given the routes and distances traveled from other cities. 5) Adding two forces with given magnitudes and directions to find the resultant force. 6) Finding the equivalent single force of two forces pulling on a mule, and the force needed to make the net force zero.

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Commuter Airplane Route Analysis

This document contains 6 physics problems involving vectors: 1) Adding two vectors with given magnitudes and directions. 2) Calculating the x and y components of a vector. 3) Finding the magnitude and direction of a vector given its components. 4) Determining the location of a city given the routes and distances traveled from other cities. 5) Adding two forces with given magnitudes and directions to find the resultant force. 6) Finding the equivalent single force of two forces pulling on a mule, and the force needed to make the net force zero.

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MULUNGUSHI UNIVERSITY

PHY 101 Tutorial sheet 2


~ has a magnitude of 8.00 units and makes an angle of 45.0o with the positive x-axis.
1. Vector A
~ also has a magnitude of 8.00 units and is directed along the negative x-axis. Using
Vector B
graphical methods, find
~+B
(a) A ~
~-B
(b) A ~

2. Calculate
(a) the x-component and
(b) the y-component of the vector with magnitude 24.0 m and direction 56.0o .
~ has components Ax = -5.00 m and Ay = 9.00 m. Find
3. A vector A
(a) the magnitude and
~
(b) the direction of the vector A

4. A commuter airplane starts from an airport and takes the route shown in Figure P1.71. The plane
first flies to city A, located 175 km away in a direction 30.0o north of east. Next, it flies for 150.
km 20.0o west of north, to city B. Finally, the plane flies 190. km due west, to city C. Find the
location of city C relative to the location of the starting point.
5. A force F~1 of magnitude 6.00 N acts on an object at the origin in a direction θ = 30.0o above the
positive x-axis (Fig. P1.58). A second force F~2 of magnitude 5.00 N acts on the object in the
direction of the positive y-axis. Find the magnitude and direction of the resultant force F~1 +F~2

6. The helicopter view in Figure P1.70 shows two people pulling on a stubborn mule. Find
(a) the single force that is equivalent to the two forces shown and
(b) the force a third person would have to exert on the mule to make the net force equal to zero.
The forces are measured in units of newtons (N).

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