A scientist records the motion of an object. She writes down that the
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Answer:
magnitude: 21.6; direction: 33.7 degrees
Explanation:
When we multiply a vector by a scalar, we have to multiply each component of the vector by the scalar number. In this case, we have
vector: (-3,-2)
Scalar: -6
so the vector multiplied by the scalar will have components
The magnitude is given by Pythagorean's theorem:
and the direction is given by the arctan of the ratio between the y-component and the x-component:
By vector addition.
In fact, velocity is a vector, with a magnitude intensity, a direction and a verse, so we can't simply do an algebraic sum of the two (or more velocities).
First we need to decompose each velocity on both x- and y-axis (if we are on a 2D-plane), then we should do the algebraic sum of all the components on the x- axis and of all the components on the y-axis, to find the resultants on x- and y-axis. And finally, the magnitude of the resultant will be given by
where Rx and Rx are the resultants on x- and y-axis. The direction of the resultant will be given by
where
is its direction with respect to the x-axis.
In fact, velocity is a vector, with a magnitude intensity, a direction and a verse, so we can't simply do an algebraic sum of the two (or more velocities).
First we need to decompose each velocity on both x- and y-axis (if we are on a 2D-plane), then we should do the algebraic sum of all the components on the x- axis and of all the components on the y-axis, to find the resultants on x- and y-axis. And finally, the magnitude of the resultant will be given by
where Rx and Rx are the resultants on x- and y-axis. The direction of the resultant will be given by
where