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Lecture 4
Lecture 4
Lecture 4
Vectors Resolving Vectors into Components Vector Addition and Subtraction (Geometric and Analytical Methods)
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v = v0 gt 1 2 gt 2 2 v 2 = v0 2 g ( y y0 ) y = y0 + v0 t v +v y y0 = 0 t 2
Here, the +y direction is up.
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r v
r v =v
m
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Vectors can be represented pictorially using arrows. The arrows can be moved around. A given arrow represents the same vector, no matter where it is placed.
r A
r B
r B
The vectors must live r B in the same space. The sum of vectors is often called the resultant. Vector addition commutes (the order does not matter):
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r r A+ B
r A
r r r r A+B =B+A
If this is vector
r A
r A
r r A+ B
r B
r A
r B
r r A B
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r r r x = x 2 x1
r x1
r x2
r r r x = x 2 x1
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Review of Trigonometry
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Vector Components
Decomposition of a vector into its components (2-D)
A x = A cos A y = A sin
2 A = A2 x + Ay
r Ay
r A
r Ax
tan =
Ay Ax
x
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points in the positive x direction points in the positive y direction (hence the name unit vectors)
= i j =1
Unit Vectors
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Unit Vectors
A vector is the sum of its components
r r r A = Ax + Ay
r Ay
r A
r A = Ax i + Ay j
r Ax is a vector.
r Ax
Ax is not. r Ax = Ax i
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r r r C= A+B r A = Ax i + A y j + A zk r B = Bx i + By j + Bzk r C = (A x + B x ) i + (A y + B y ) j + (A z + Bz )k
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r A
r B
x-component: +5 units -6 units y-component: -2 units +2 units r r r What are the components of vector C = A + B ? (A) Cx = +7 units, Cy = +8 units (B) Cx = +3 units, Cy = +4 units (C) Cx = +3 units, Cy = -4 units (D) Cx = -1 units, Cy = 0 units
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r A
x-component +5 units y-component -2 units r What is the magnitude of vector C = (A) (B) (C) (D)
r C r C r C r C
-6 units +2 units r r A+ B ?
r B
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Two vector quantities, whose directions can be altered at will, can have a resultant whose length is between the limits 5 and 15. (Consideration of all possible resultants covers the entire interval from 5 to 15.) What could the magnitudes of these two vector quantities be?
Halliday, Resnick and Walker: Problem 3-2 The two vectors shown below lie in an xy plane. What are the signs of the x and y components, respectively, of: a) d1 + d 2 b) d1 d 2 c)
r r
r r d 2 d1
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Halliday, Resnick and Walker: Problem 3-6 Describe two vectors a and b such that:
r r r a) a + b = c and a + b = c
b) a + b = a b
c) a + b = c and a 2 + b 2 = c 2
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