Vectors

1. Given the scale: 1 cm = 10 m/s, find the magnitude and direction of this
vector. How could you write it in (x,y) form? What physical quantity might it
represent?

2. Given the scale: 1 cm = 50 km, find the magnitude and direction of this
vector. How could you write it in (x,y) form? What physical quantity might it
represent?

3. Given the scale: 1 cm = 10 m/s2, find the magnitude and direction of this
vector. How could you write it in (x,y) form? What physical quantity might it
represent?
4. Given the scale: 1 cm = 50 newtons, find the magnitude and direction of
this vector. How could you write it in (x,y) form? What physical quantity might it
represent?

5. Given the scale: 1 cm = 1 cm, find the (x,y) description of the position
represented by this displacement from the origin.

6. Given the scale: 1 cm = 1 cm, find the (x,y) description of the position
represented by this displacement from the origin.
7. Given the scale: 1 cm = 10 m, represent the vector 50 m, 30° anticlockwise
by a scaled vector diagram. What physical quantity might it represent?

8. Given the scale: 1 cm = 10 m, represent the vector 30m right, 40 m up by a

scaled vector diagram. What is its magnitude? What is its direction in degrees
anticlockwise? What physical quantity might it represent?

9. Given the scale: 1 cm = 10 m, represent the vector 30m left, 40 m up by a

scaled vector diagram. What is its magnitude? What is its direction in degrees
anticlockwise? What physical quantity might it represent?

10. Given the scale: 1 cm = 15 m/s, represent the vector 120 m/s, 240°
anticlockwise by a scaled vector diagram. What is its (x,y) description? What
physical quantity might it represent?
11. Draw a picture to add the following vectors and determine the resultant.
3.0 m/s2, 45° and 5.0 m/s2, 135°. What physical quantities might these
vectors represent?

12. Draw a picture to add the following vectors and determine the resultant.
5 m/s right, 2 m/s up; and −3 m/s right, 3 m/s up. What physical quantities
might these vectors represent?

13. Draw a picture to add the following vectors and determine the resultant.
6 m right, 2 m up; and 3 m right, −3 m up. What physical quantities might
these vectors represent?

14. Draw a picture to add the following vectors and determine the resultant.
4.0 m, 135° and 4.0 m, 315°. What physical quantities might these
vectors represent?

15. Draw a picture to add the following vectors and determine the resultant.
5.0 newtons, 45° and 2.5 newtons, 135°. What physical quantities might
these vectors represent?