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1. Find the displacement of an airplane that flies 10.0 km east and then turns and flies
15.0 km due north.
d= √ 102 +152 = 18.02 Km

Θ=tan-1 (15/10) = 56.3

2. A person travels 19 km east , 40 km west, and then 12 km east

A. What is the total distance?

Distance = 19+40+12 = 71 km

B. What is the total displacement?

Displacement = 19 - 40 +12 = -9 Km = 9 Km west

3. Use the Pythagorean Theorem to solve for R.

58 Km
a.
65 Km R=√58 2+65 2= 87.11 Km

Θ=tan -1 (58/65) = 41.7 northwest

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 29 Km

b.

R=√ 322 +292= 43.18 Km

Θ=tan-1 (29/32) = 42.18 southwest

4. Find the displacement of an airplane that flies 40.0 km east and then turns and flies
32.0 km north.
R=√ 402 +322= 51.22 Km
Θ=tan-1 (32/40) = 38.6 northeast

5. What is the total displacement of a trip in which a person travels 45 km [W] and then
12 km [E]?
R = 45 – 12 = 33 Km west

6. A plane flying in a triangular pattern flies 220 km [W], then 530 km [S]. What is its total
displacement?
R=√220 2+530 2= 573.84 Km
Θ=tan-1 (530/220) = 67.45 southwest

7. A boat sails in a straight line 75 km [E 37 º N]. What are the components of its
displacement to the north and east?

dx = 75 cos 37 =60 Km east

dy= 75 sin 37 = 45.13 Km north

8. Cannon fires a cannonball with a speed of 124 m/s at an angle of 63º above the
horizontal. What are the horizontal and vertical components of the initial velocity of
the cannonball?
Vx = 124 cos 63 =56.29 m/s
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 Vy= 124 sin 63 = 110.48 m/s

Refer to the figure below to answer questions 9-11.

9. Which of the following represents the vector resulting in the subtraction of the
displacement vectors d3 – d2 shown in the figure? c

10.Which of the following represents the vector resulting in the subtraction of the
displacement vectors d2 + d4 shown in the figure? a

11.Which of the following represents the vector resulting in the subtraction of the
displacement vectors d1 – d2 shown in the figure? b

12.A man walks 580 m at an angle of 54º to the ground. Find the horizontal and vertical
components.
dx = 580 cos 54 =340.91 m
dy= 580 sin 54 = 469.22 m

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13.The pronghorn antelope, found in North America, is the best long-distance runner
among mammals. Suppose the antelope runs a distance of 12.0 km at an angle of 55
southwest, and then runs 4.0 km west. Calculate the resultant displacement.

d1= 12 km ,Θ=55 southwest

d2= 4 km west

d1x = 12 cos 55 =6.8 km west

d1y= 12 sin 55 = 9.8 km south
d2x =4 Km
d2y= 0

dtotal, x = 6.8 +4 = 10.8 km west

dtotal, x = 9.8 km south
d= 14.58 m
Θ = 42.2

14.Based on the following illustration of displacement vectors A and B, What is the

resultant displacement?

14
d1= 14 km, Θ=55 northwest Km
d2= 12 km south A

d1x = 14 cos 55 =8.03 km west

d1y= 14 sin 55 = 11.46 km north
d2x =0 Km
d2y= 12 km south
B 12
dtotal, x = 8.03 km west Km

dtotal, y = 12 -11.46 = 0.54 km south

d= 8.04 m
Θ = 3.84 southwes

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15.Based on the following illustration of displacement vectors A and B, What is the
resultant displacement?
dA= 40 km, Θ=30 northwest
dB= 30 km, Θ=50NorthEast
40
dAx = 40 cos 30 = 34.64 km west Km
30
dAy= 40 sin 30 = 20 km north Km
dBx =30 cos 50= 19.28 km east A
B
dBy= 30 sin 50= 22.98 km north

dtotal, x = 19.28 – 34.64 = 15.8 km east 3 5

dtotal, y = 20 + 22.98 = 42.98 km North 0 0
˚ ˚

d= 45.64 km
Θ = 70.3

16.During a thunderstorm, a tornado lifts a car to a height of 115 m above the ground.
Increasing in strength, the tornado flings the car horizontally with a speed of 80.0 m/s.

a. How long does the car take to reach the ground?

Δy= ½ aΔt2
-115 = ½ x -9.81 Δt2
Δt = 4.84 s

b. How far horizontally does the car travel before hitting the ground?

Δx = Vx Δt
= 80 x 4.84 = 387.2 m

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17.A baseball rolls off a 0.90 m high desk and strikes the floor 0.45 m away from the base
of the desk. How fast was the ball rolling?
Δy= ½ aΔt2
-0.9 = ½ x -9.81 Δt2
Δt = 0.42 s

Vx = Δx/Δt
= 0.45/0.42= 1.07 m/s

18.A cat chases a mouse across a 1.5 m high table. The mouse steps out of the way, and
the cat slides off the table and strikes the floor 3.2 m from the edge of the table. When
the cat slid off the table, what was its speed?

Δy= ½ aΔt2
-1.5 = ½ x -9.81 Δt2
Δt = 0.54 s

Vx = Δx/Δt
= 3.2/0.54= 5.92 m/s

19.A pelican flying along a horizontal path drops a fish from a height of 5 m. The fish
travels 9.0 m horizontally before it hits the water below. What is the pelican’s speed?

Δy= ½ aΔt2
-5 = ½ x -9.81 Δt2
Δt = 1s

Vx = Δx/Δt
= 9/1= 9 m/s

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20.In a scene in an action movie, a stuntman jumps from the top of one building to the top
of another building 4.5 m away. After a running start, he leaps at a velocity of 6.0 m/s
at an angle of 25° with respect to the flat roof. Find his vertical displacement
Δx =Vi cos Θ Δt
4.5 = 6 cos 25 Δt
Δt = 0.82 s

Δy= Vi sin Θ Δt + ½ aΔt2

= 6 sin 25 x 0.82 + ½ x -9.81 (0.82 2)
= - 1.21 m

21.A baseball is thrown at an angle of 25° relative to the ground at a speed of 25.0 m/s. If
the ball was caught 32.0 m from the thrower.
a. How long was it in the air?

Δx =Vi cos Θ Δt
32 = 25 cos 25 Δt
Δt = 1.41 s

b. How high above the thrower did the ball travel?

Δt = 1.41/ = 0.705 s

Δy= Vi sin Θ Δt + ½ aΔt2

= 25 sin 25 x 0.705 + ½ x -9.81 (0.705 2)
=5 m

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