Question

A right triangle has sides measuring 5 and 12 inches. If the two vectors have a magnitude of 5 and 12 and are at right angles to each other, then what is their resultant? Use the Pythagorean theorem to calculate the resultant.

Answer 1

Answer:

$x=13$

Explanation:

From the question we are told that

Magnitude 1 $M_1=5$

Magnitude 1 $M_2=12$

Generally the Pythagoras equation for the magnitudes is mathematically given as

$\sqrt{x^2}=\sqrt{M_1^2 +M_2^2}$

$\sqrt{x^2}=\sqrt{5^2 +12^2}$

$x=13$

Therefore resultant magnitude is

$x=13$