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COE 105-PHYSICS FOR ENGINEERS

PROBLEM SET NO.1- VECTORS

1. A SHIP NAMED PRINCESS IS HEADED TOWARD EAST AT THE THRUST SPEED OF 7.00
KNOTS. A STRONG WIND PRESSURE CAUSES THE SHIP TO DEVIATE TO THE NORTH AT 1.00
KNOT. THE SEA CURRENT IS FLOWING TO THE SOUTHWEST AT 4.00 KNOTS. DETERMINE
THE VELOCITY OF THE SHIP RELATIVE TO THE EARTH’S SURFACE. USE GRAPHICAL
METHOD.

2.THE DISPLACEMENT FROM MICHAEL’S TO JANE HOUSE IS 3.0 km EAST. MICHAEL TELLS
JANE THAT HE WANTS TO MEET HER AT A SCHOOL GROUND THAT IS 5.0 km 700 SOUTH OF
EAST FROM HIS HOUSE. USING THE METHOD OF TRIGONOMETRY, FIND THE DISPLACEMENT OF
THE SCHOOL GROUND FROM JANE’S HOUSE.

3. FIND THE ANGLE BETWEEN TWO VECTOR FORCES WHOSE MAGNITUDES ARE F AND 3F AND
THE MAGNITUDE OF WHOSE RESULTANT IS 3F.

4. A PARTICLE IS BEING ACTED ON BY THE FOLLOWING FORCES: F1=4.0N EAST, F2=6.0N

NORTHEAST AND F3=8.0N SOUTH. FIND THE RESULTANT USING PARALLELOGRAM METHOD.
A) (F1+F2)+F3
B) (F1+F3)+F2
5. CARL WAS OBSERVING AN ANT THAT CRAWLED ALONG A TABLETOP. WITH A PIECE OF
CHALK, HE FOLLOWED THE PATH. HE DETERMINED THE ANT’S DISPLACEMENTS BY USING A
RULER AND PROTRACTOR. THE DISPLACEMENTS ARE AS FOLLOWS: 2 cm EAST; 3.5 cm, 32o
NORTH OF EAST; AND 2.3 cm, 22o WEST OF NORTH. DETERMINE ANTS’ DISPLACEMENT
USING COMPONENT METHOD.

6. A VECTOR FORCE OF 30 kN IS DIRECTED TOWARDS THE RIGHT AND ANOTHER VECTOR

FORCE OF 40 kN 55o CLOCKWISE FROM +X-AXIS. WHAT MUST BE THE MAGNITUDE AND
DIRECTION OF A THIRD VECTOR FORCE IF THE SYSTEM OF THREE VECTOR FORCES IS TO
HAVE A ZERO RESULTANT.

7. THE RESULTANT OF THE CONCURRENT FORCES SHOWN IN FIG 1.1 IS 100 kN WITH θ OF
60o SOUTH OF EAST. DETERMINE THE MAGNITUDE AND DIRECTION OF THE UNKNOWN FORCE.

FIG 1.1 FIG 1.2

8. GIVEN THE SET OF FORCES IN FIG 1.2, CALCULATE THE:

A) RESULTANT FORCE
B) EQUILIBRANT FORCE