Vector Addition Worksheet I. Vector addition the pdf file below accompanies the vector addition interactive. You pull a rope to the left with 300 n and a friend pulls the rope to the right with.
Vector addition reminders vectors are drawn as arrows always combine vectors tail to head you can move a vector so long as you don t change its magnitude or direction the resultant is drawn from the tail of the first vector to the head of the last vector the angle you are looking at is the angle. Vector addition worksheet 2 trigonometric method. On a separate piece of paper use the following individual vectors to graphically find the resultant vector in the first three problems.
As shown the resultant vector points from the tip of the second to the tip of the first.
For each set draw a roughly approximate sketch including a reference frame calculate the components of each vector using the sine and the cosine functions then add or subtract like direction components to find the x and y parts of the resultant and lastly find the magnitude of the resultant using the pythagorean theorem and the direction using the. Don t forget about relative size of vectors a. The physics classroom grants teachers and other users the right to print this pdf document and to download this pdf document for private use. Experiment with vector equations and compare vector sums and differences.
