A fire ant, searching for hot sauce in a picnic area, goes

What are (a) the x component and (b) the y component of a vector in the xy plane if its direction is 250 counterclockwise from the positive direction of the x axis and its magnitude is 7.3 m?

A displacement vector in the xy plane is 15 m long and directed at angle u " 30 in Fig. 3-26. Determine (a) the x component and (b) the y component of the vector

The x component of vector is 25.0 m and the y component is 40.0 m. (a) What is the magnitude of ? (b) What is the angle between the direction of and the positive direction of x?

Express the following angles in radians: (a) 20.0, (b) 50.0, (c) 100. Convert the following angles to degrees: (d) 0.330 rad, (e) 2.10 rad, (f) 7.70 rad

A ship sets out to sail to a point 120 km due north. An unexpected storm blows the ship to a point 100 km due east of its starting point. (a) How far and (b) in what direction must it now sail to reach its original destination?

In Fig. 3-27, a heavy piece of machinery is raised by sliding it a distance d " 12.5 m along a plank oriented at angle u " 20.0 to the horizontal. How far is it moved (a) vertically and (b) horizontally?

Consider two displacements, one of magnitude 3 m and another of magnitude 4 m. Show how the displacement vectors may be combined to get a resultant displacement of magnitude (a) 7 m, (b) 1 m, and (c) 5 m.

A person walks in the following pattern: 3.1 km north, then 2.4 km west, and finally 5.2 km south. (a) Sketch the vector diagram that represents this motion. (b) How far and (c) in what direction would a bird fly in a straight line from the same starting point to the same final point?

Two vectors are given by and . In unit-vector notation, find (a) , (b) , and (c) a third vector such that .

Find the (a) x, (b) y, and (c) z components of the sum of the displacements and whose components in meters are cx 7.4, cy 3.8, cz 6.1; dx 4.4, dy 2.0, dz 3.3

(a) In unit-vector notation, what is the sum if (4.0 m) (3.0 m) and ( 13.0 m) (7.0 m) ? What are the (b) magnitude and (c) direction of ? a : # b

A car is driven east for a distance of 50 km, then north for 30 km, and then in a direction 30 east of north for 25 km. Sketch the vector diagram and determine (a) the magnitude and (b) the angle of the cars total displacement from its starting point

A person desires to reach a point that is 3.40 km from her present location and in a direction that is 35.0 north of east. However, she must travel along streets that are oriented either northsouth or eastwest. What is the minimum distance she could travel to reach her destination?

You are to make four straight-line moves over a flat desert floor, starting at the origin of an xy coordinate system and ending at the xy coordinates ($140 m, 30 m). The x component and y component of your moves are the following, respectively, in meters: (20 and 60), then (bx and $70), then ($20 and cy), then ($60 and $70). What are (a) component bx and (b) component cy? What are (c) the magnitude and (d) the angle (relative to the positive direction of the x axis) of the overall displacement?

The two vec-tors and in Fig. 3-28 have equal magnitudes of 10.0 m and the angles are 30 and 105. Find the (a) x and (b) y components of their vector sum , (c) the magnitude of , and (d) the angle makes with the positive direction of the x axis.

For the displacement vectors and , give in (a) unit-vector notation, and as (b) a magnitude and (c) an angle (relative to ). Now give in (d) unit-vector notation, and as (e) a magnitude and (f) an angle.

Three vectors , , and each have a magnitude of 50 m and lie in an xy plane. Their directions relative to the positive direction of the x axis are 30, 195, and 315, respectively.What are (a) the magnitude and (b) the angle of the vector , and (c) the magnitude and (d) the angle of ? What are the (e) magnitude and (f) angle of a fourth vector such that ?

In the sum , vector has a magnitude of 12.0 m and is angled 40.0 counterclockwise from the direction, and vector has a magnitude of 15.0 m and is angled 20.0 counterclockwise from the direction. What are (a) the magnitude and (b) the angle (relative to ) of ?

In a game of lawn chess, where pieces are moved between the centers of squares that are each 1.00 m on edge, a knight is moved in the following way: (1) two squares forward, one square rightward; (2) two squares leftward, one square forward; (3) two squares forward, one square leftward. What are (a) the magnitude and (b) the angle (relative to forward) of the knights overall displacement for the series of three moves?

An explorer is caught in a whiteout (in which the snowfall is so thick that the ground cannot be distinguished from the sky) while returning to base camp. He was supposed to travel due north for 5.6 km, but when the snow clears, he discovers that he actually traveled 7.8 km at 50 north of due east. (a) How far and (b) in what direction must he now travel to reach base camp?

An ant, crazed by the Sun on a hot Texas afternoon, darts over an xy plane scratched in the dirt. The x and y components of four consecutive darts are the following, all in centimeters: (30.0, 40.0), (bx, $70.0), ($20.0, cy), ($80.0, $70.0). The overall displacement of the four darts has the xy components ($140, $20.0). What are (a) bx and (b) cy? What are the (c) magnitude and (d) angle (relative to the positive direction of the x axis) of the overall displacement?

(a) What is the sum of the following four vectors in unitvector notation? For that sum, what are (b) the magnitude, (c) the angle in degrees, and (d) the angle in radians? E : : 6.00 m at #0.900 rad F : : 5.00 m at $75.03

If is added to , the result is a vector in the positive direction of the y axis, with a magnitude equal to that of . What is the magnitude of ?

Vector , which is directed along an A x axis, is to be added : B : C : C : " 3.0i # 4.0j B : G :: 4.00 m at #1.20 rad H : : 6.00 m at $2103 E : : 6.00 m at #0.900 rad F : : 5.00 m at $75.03 e a b c h i y x j k l m n o p q r s t u w v d f g A B Figure 3-29 Problem 29. y x z a a a Figure 3-31 Problem 32. O x y y' x' a'x ay ax a'y a ' ' Figure 3-30 Problem 31. an ants displacement from the nest (find it in the figure) if the ant enters the trail at point A? What are the (c) magnitude and (d) angle if it enters at point B? to vector , which has a magnitude of 7.0 m.The sum is a third vector that is directed along the y axis, with a magnitude that is 3.0 times that of .What is that magnitude of ?

Oasis B is 25 km due east of oasis A. Starting from oasis A, a camel walks 24 km in a direction 15 south of east and then walks 8.0 km due north. How far is the camel then from oasis B?

What is the sum of the following four vectors in (a) unitvector notation, and as (b) a magnitude and (c) an angle? A: " (2.00 m)i # (3.00 m)j B: : 4.00 m, at #65.03 , C:" ($4.00 m)i # ($6.00 m)j D: :5.00 m, at $2353

If and d then : 3 " 2i # 4j d , : 1# d : 2 " 5d : 3, d :what are, in unit-vector notation, (a) and (b): d 2?

Two beetles run across flat sand, starting at the same point. Beetle 1 runs 0.50 m due east, then 0.80 m at 30 north of due east. Beetle 2 also makes two runs; the first is 1.6 m at 40 east of due north. What must be (a) the magnitude and (b) the direction of its second run if it is to end up at the new location of beetle 1?

Typical backyard ants often create a network of chemical trails for guidance. Extending outward from the nest, a trail branches (bifurcates) repeatedly, with 60 between the branches. If a roaming ant chances upon a trail, it can tell the way to the nest at any branch point: If it is moving away from the nest, it has two choices of path requiring a small turn in its travel direction, either 30 leftward or 30 rightward. If it is moving toward the nest, it has only one such choice. Figure 3-29 shows a typical ant trail, with lettered straight sections of 2.0 cm length and symmetric bifurcation of 60. Path v is parallel to the y axis. What are the (a) magnitude and (b) angle (relative to the positive direction of the superimposed x axis) ofan ants displacement from the nest (find it in the figure) if theant enters the trail at point A? What are the (c) magnitude and(d) angle if it enters at point B?ea bchiyxjklmno pqrst uwv d f g A B Figure 3-29 Problem 29.

Here are two vectors: What are (a) the magnitude and (b) the angle (relative to ) of ? What are (c) the magnitude and (d) the angle of ? What are (e) the magnitude and (f) the angle of (g) the magnitude and (h) the angle of ; and (i) the magnitude and (j) the angle of ? (k) What is the angle between the directions of and ?

In Fig. 3-30, a vector with a magnitude of 17.0 m is directed at angle 56.0 counterclockwise from the axis. What are the components (a) ax and (b) ay of the vector? A second coordinate system is inclined by angle 18.0 with respect to the first. What are the components (c) and (d) in this primed coordinate system? a/ a y / x 1/ " 1 " #x a : a : $ b : b : $ a : a : $ b : b : $ a : a : # b : ; b : a : i a : " (4.0 m)i $ (3.0 m)j and b : " (6.0 m)i # (8.0 m)j.

In Fig. 3-31, a cube of edge length a sits with one corner at the origin of an xyz coordinate system. A body diagonal is a line that extends from one corner to another through the center. In unit-vector notation, what is the body diagonal that extends from the corner at (a) coordinates (0, 0, 0), (b) coordinates (a, 0, 0), (c) coordinates (0, a, 0), and (d) coordinates (a, a, 0)? (e) Determine the angles that the body diagonals make with the adjacent edges.(f) Determine the length of the body diagonals in terms of a.

For the vectors in Fig. 3-32, with a 4, b 3, and c 5, what are (a) the magnitude and (b) the direction of , (c) the magnitude and (d) the direction of , and (e) the magnitude and (f) the direction of ? (The b z axis is not shown.)

Two vectors are presented as and . Find b : " 2.0i # 4.0j :a " 3.0i # 5.0j (a) , (b) , (c) , and (a) , (b) , (c) , and (Fig. 3-18.)

Two vectors, and , lie in the xy plane.Their magnitudes are 4.50 and 7.30 units, respectively, and their directions are 320 and 85.0, respectively, as measured counterclockwise from the positive x axis.What are the values of (a) and (b) ?

If and , then what is ? 37 Three vectors are given by and . Find (a) , (b) , and (c) .

For the following three vectors, what is ?

For the following three vectors, what is ? B : A : B : " $3.00i # 4.00j # 2.00k C : " 7.00i $ 8.00j A : " 2.00i # 3.00j $ 4.00k 3C : "(2A : ' B :)

Vector has a magnitude of 6.00 units, vector has a magnitude of 7.00 units, and has a value of 14.0. What is the angle between the directions of and ?

Displacement is in the yz plane 63.0 from the positive direction of the y axis, has a positive z component, and has a magnitude of 4.50 m. Displacement is in the xz plane 30.0 from the positive direction of the x axis, has a positive z component, and has magnitude 1.40 m. What are (a) , (b) , and (c) the angle between and ?

Use the definition of scalar product, , and the fact that : " b : a " axbx # ayby # azbz : " b : " ab c to calculate the angle between the two vectors given by : " 3.0i #3.0j # 3.0k and .

In a meeting of mimes, mime 1 goes through a displacement and mime 2 goes through a displacement . What are (a) , (b) , (c) , and (d) the component of along the direction of ? (Hint: For (d), see Eq. 3-20 and Fig. 3-18.)

The three vectors in Fig. 3-33 have magnitudes a 3.00 m, b 4.00 m, and c 10.0 m and angle 30.0. What are (a) the x component and (b) the y component of ;(c) the x component and (d) the y component of ; and (e) the component and (f) the y component of ? If,what are the values of (g) p and (h) q?

In the product , take q " 2,.What then is in unit-vector notation if Bx " By?

Vectors and lie in an xy plane. has magnitude 8.00 and angle 130; has components Bx 7.72 and By 9.20. (a) What is What is in (b) unit-vector notation and (c) magnitude-angle notation with spherical coordinates (see Fig. 3-34)? (d) What is the angle between the directions of and (Hint: Think a bit before you resort to a calculation.) What is in (e) unit-vector notation and (f) magnitudeangle notation with spherical coordinates?

Vector has a magnitude of 5.0 m and is directed east.Vector has a magnitude of 4.0 m and is directed 35 west of due north. What are (a) the magnitude and (b) the direction of ?What are (c) the magnitude and (d) the direction of ? (e)Draw a vector diagram for each combination.

Vectors and lie in an xy plane. has magnitude 8.00 and angle 130; has components Bx " $7.72 and By " $9.20. What are the angles between the negative direction of the y axis and (a) the direction of , (b) the direction of the product , and (c) the direction of ?

Two vectors and have the components, in meters,ax " 3.2, ay 1.6, bx 0.50, by 4.5. (a) Find the angle between the directions of and .There are two vectors in the xy plane that are perpendicular to and have a magnitude of 5.0 m. One, vector, has a positive x component and the other, vector , a negative x component. What are (b) the x component and (c) the y component of vector , and (d) the x component and (e) the y component of vector ?

A sailboat sets out from the U.S. side of Lake Erie for a point on the Canadian side, 90.0 km due north. The sailor, however, ends up 50.0 km due east of the starting point. (a) How far and (b) in what direction must the sailor now sail to reach the original destination?

Vector is in the negative direction of a y axis, and vector is in the positive direction of an x axis. What are the directions of (a) and (b) What are the magnitudes of products (c) and (d) What is the direction of the vector resulting from (e) and (f) ? What is the magnitude of the vector product in (g) part (e) and (h) part (f)? What are the (i) magnitude and (j) direction of ?

Rock faults are ruptures along which opposite faces of rock have slid past each other. In Fig. 3-35, points A and B coincided before the rock in the foreground slid down to the right. The net displacement is along the plane of the fault.The horizontal component of is the strike-slip AC. The component of that is directed down the plane of the fault is the dip-slip AD.(a) What is the magnitude of the net displacement if the strike-slip is 22.0 m and the dip-slip is 17.0 m? (b) If the plane of the fault is inclined at angle 52.0 to the horizontal, what is the vertical component of ?

Here are three displacements, each measured in meters: and . (a) What is ? (b) What is the angle between and the positive z axis? (c) What is the component of along the direction of (d) What is the component of that is perpendicular to the direction of and in the plane of and (Hint: For (c), consider Eq. 3-20 and Fig. 3-18; for (d), consider Eq. 3-24.)

A vector of magnitude 10 units and another vector of magnitude 6.0 units differ in directions by 60. Find (a) the scalar product of the two vectors and (b) the magnitude of the vector product .

For the vectors in Fig. 3-32, with a " 4, b " 3, and c " 5, calculate (a) , (b) , and (c) b: " c.

A particle undergoes three successive displacements in a plane, as follows: 4.00 m southwest; then 5.00 m east; and finally 6.00 m in a direction 60.0 north of east. Choose a coordinate system with the y axis pointing north and the x axis pointing east.What are (a) the x component and (b) the y component of ? What are (c) the x component and (d) the y component of ? What are (e) the x component and (f) the y component of ? Next, consider the net displacement of the particle for the three successive displacements. What are (g) the x component, (h) the y component, (i) the magnitude, and ( j) the direction of the net displacement? If the particle is to return directly to the starting point, (k) how far and (l) in what direction should it move?

Find the sum of the following four vectors in (a) unit-vector notation, and as (b) a magnitude and (c) an angle relative to #x. : 10.0 m, at 25.0 counterclockwise from #x : 12.0 m, at 10.0 counterclockwise from #y : 8.00 m, at 20.0 clockwise from $y : 9.00 m, at 40.0 counterclockwise from $y

If is added to , the result is 6.0 # 1.0 . If is subtracted from ,the result is 4.0 7.0 .What is the magnitude of ?

A vector has a magnitude of 2.5 m and points north. What are (a) the magnitude and (b) the direction of ? What are (c) the magnitude and (d) the direction of ?

has the magnitude 12.0 m and is angled 60.0 counterclockwise from the positive direction of the x axis of an xy coordinate system. Also, on that same coordinate system. We now rotate the system counterclockwise about the origin by 20.0 to form an x/y/ system. On this new system, what are (a) and (b) ,both in unit-vector notation?

If and , then what are (a) and (b) ?

(a) In unit-vector notation, what is if 5.0 4.0 6.0 , 2.0 2.0 3.0 , and 4.0 3.0 2.0 ? (b) Calculate the angle between and the positive z axis. (c) What is the component of along the direction of ? (d) What is the component of perpendicular to the direction of but in the plane of and ? (Hint: For (c), see Eq. 3-20 and Fig. 3-18; for (d), see Eq. 3-24.)

A golfer takes three putts to get the ball into the hole. The first putt displaces the ball 3.66 m north, the second 1.83 m southeast, and the third 0.91 m southwest. What are (a) the magnitude and (b) the direction of the displacement needed to get the ball into the hole on the first putt?

Here are three vectors in meters: What results from (a) (b) and (c) ?

A room has dimensions 3.00 m (height) 3.70 m 4.30 m. A fly starting at one corner flies around, ending up at the diagonally opposite corner. (a) What is the magnitude of its displacement? (b) Could the length of its path be less than this magnitude? (c) Greater? (d) Equal? (e) Choose a suitable coordinate system and express the components of the displacement vector in that system in unit- vector notation. (f) If the fly walks, what is the length of the shortest path? (Hint: This can be answered without calculus. The room is like a box. Unfold its walls to flatten them into a plane.)

A protester carries his sign of protest, starting from the origin of an xyz coordinate system, with the xy plane horizontal. He moves 40 m in the negative direction of the x axis, then 20 m along a perpendicular path to his left, and then 25 m up a water tower. (a) In unit-vector notation, what is the displacement of the sign from start to end? (b) The sign then falls to the foot of the tower. What is the magnitude of the displacement of the sign from start to this new end?

Consider in the positive direction of x, in the positive direction of y, and a scalar d. What is the direction of if d is (a) positive and (b) negative? What is the magnitude of (c) and (d) ? What is the direction of the vector resulting from (e) and (f) ? (g) What is the magnitude of the vector product in (e)? (h) What is the magnitude of the vector product in (f)? What are (i) the magnitude and (j) the direction of ' if d is positive?

Let be directed to the east, be directed to the north, and k be directed upward. What are the values of products (a) " , (b)($ ) " ($ ), and (c) " ($j)? What are the directions (such as east j or down) of products (d) ' , (e) ($ ) ' ($ ), and (f) ($ ) ' ($ )?

A bank in downtown Boston is robbed (see the map in Fig. 3-36). To elude police, the robbers escape by helicopter, making three successive flights described by the following displacements: 32 km, 45 south of east; 53 km, 26 north of west; 26 km, 18 east of south. At the end of the third flight they are captured. In what town are they apprehended?

A wheel with a radius of 45.0 cm rolls without slipping along a horizontal floor (Fig. 3-37). At time t 1, the dot P painted on the rim of the wheel is at the point of contact between the wheel and the floor. At a later time t2, the wheel has rolled through one-half of a revolution. What are (a) the magnitude and (b) the angle (relative to the floor) of the displacement of P?

A woman walks 250 m in the direction 30 east of north, then 175 m directly east. Find (a) the magnitude and (b) the angle of her final displacement from the starting point. (c) Find the distance she walks. (d) Which is greater, that distance or the magnitude of her displacement?

A vector has a magnitude 3.0 m and is directed south. What are (a) the magnitude and (b) the direction of the vector 5.0 ? What are (c) the magnitude and (d) the direction of the vector $2.0 ?

A fire ant, searching for hot sauce in a picnic area, goes through three displacements along level ground: l for 0.40 m southwest (that is, at 45 from directly south and from directly west), 2 for 0.50 m due east, 3 for 0.60 m at 60 north of east. Let the positive x direction be east and the positive y direction be north. What are (a) the x component and (b) the y component of l? Next, what are (c) the x component and (d) the y component of 2? Also, what are (e) the x component and (f) the y component of 3? What are (g) the x component, (h) the y component, (i) the magnitude, and (j) the direction of the ants net displacement? If the ant is to return directly to the starting point, (k) how far and (1) in what direction should it move?

Two vectors are given by " 3.0 # 5.0 and " 2.0 # 4.0 .j i b :Find (a) ' , (b) , (c) , and (d) the component of along the direction of .

Vector lies in the yz plane 63.03 from the positive direction of the y axis, has a positive z component, and has magnitude 3.20 units. Vector lies in the xz plane 48.03 from the positive direction of the x axis, has a positive z component, and has magnitude 1.40 units. Find (a) " , (b) ' , and (c) the angle between

Find (a) north cross west, (b) down dot south, (c) east cross up, (d) west dot west, and (e) south cross south. Let each vector have unit magnitude.

A vector , with a magnitude of 8.0 m, is added to a vector , which lies along an x axis. The sum of these two vectors is a third vector that lies along the y axis and has a magnitude that is twice the magnitude of .What is the magnitude of ?

A man goes for a walk, starting from the origin of an xyz coordinate system, with the xy plane horizontal and the x axis eastward. Carrying a bad penny, he walks 1300 m east, 2200 m north, and then drops the penny from a cliff 410 m high. (a) In unit-vector notation, what is the displacement of the penny from start to its landing point? (b) When the man returns to the origin, what is the magnitude of his displacement for the return trip?

What is the magnitude of ' ( ' ) if a " 3.90, b " 2.70, and the angle between the two vectors is 63.0?

In Fig. 3-38, the magnitude of is 4.3, the magnitude of is 5.4, and 4 " 46. Find the area of the triangle contained between the two vectors and the thin diagonal line.