Two people are pushing a disabled car.
One exerts a force of 200 N east, the other a force of 150 N east.
What is the resultant force exerted on the car? (Assume friction to be negligible.)
Answer
A) 50 N east
B) 50 N west
C) 350 N east
D) 350 N
Question 2
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Two soccer players kick a ball simultaneously from opposite sides.
Red #3 kicks with 50 N of force while Blue #5 kicks with 63 N of force.
What is the net force on the ball?
Answer
13 N in the direction kicked by Red #3.
113 N in the direction kicked by Red #3.
13 N in the direction kicked by Blue # 5.
113 N in the direction kicked by Blue # 5.
Question 3
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An airplane heads due north at 100 m/s through a 30 m/s cross wind blowing from the east to the west. Determine the resultant velocity of the airplane (relative to due north).
Answer
104.4 m/s at 29 degrees west of north.
104.4 m/s at 29 degrees east of north.
104.4 m/s at 29 degrees north of east.
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Question 4
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A mountain climbing expedition establishes a base camp and two intermediate camps, A and B.
Camp A is 11,200 m east of and 3,200 m above base camp.
Camp B is 8,400 m east of and 1,700 m higher than Camp A.
Determine the displacement between base camp and Camp B.
Answer
A
B 20,203 m
C
D
Question 5
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Two vectors are considered to be equal if they have same magnitude and ..............
Answer
A different direction
B positive direction
C same direction
D negative direction
Question 6
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When we add the following vectors and determine the resultant.
V1 = 3.0 m/s, bearing 45 deg, and
V2 = 5.0 m/s, bearing 135 deg
we get:
Answer
5.83 m/s, 76 deg.
8.0 m/s, 76 deg.
5.83 m/s, 104 deg.
8.0 m/s, 104 deg.
Question 7
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Add the following vectors and determine the resultant.
5.0 m/s, 45 deg and 2.0 m/s, 180 deg
The resultant is: