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Worksheet 3A.1: Changkat Changi Secondary School Physics Department 4E/5NA

This document is a physics worksheet about vectors and scalars containing 6 problems. It introduces the concepts of vector and scalar quantities, shows examples of applying vectors to determine resultant forces in diagrams, and contains problems involving determining the resultant and balancing forces using scale diagrams. Students are asked to draw vector diagrams, determine resultant forces, and calculate unknown masses.

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Worksheet 3A.1: Changkat Changi Secondary School Physics Department 4E/5NA

This document is a physics worksheet about vectors and scalars containing 6 problems. It introduces the concepts of vector and scalar quantities, shows examples of applying vectors to determine resultant forces in diagrams, and contains problems involving determining the resultant and balancing forces using scale diagrams. Students are asked to draw vector diagrams, determine resultant forces, and calculate unknown masses.

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ChangkatChangiSecondarySchool

PhysicsDepartment
4E/5NA
Name:_________________________()Class:____________

TOPIC:Dynamics(Vectors&Scalars)

WORKSHEET3A.1

Date:______________

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1. TherearetwokindsofquantitiesinPhysics,scalarsandvectors.

[4]

(a)Whatisthedifferencebetweenavectorquantityandascalarquantity?
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________

(b)Giveoneexampleofavectorquantityandoneexampleofascalarquantity.

Vectorquantity_______________________________.

Scalarquantity_______________________________.

2. Forcesareappliedtoaboxinafewcasesshownbelow.Foreachdiagram,drawthe
resultantforceontheboxnexttoit.Youneednotdrawtoscale.

[4]
(a)

3N
7N

(b)

3N
3N

(c)
6N

4N

(d)
5N

5N
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3. Amassisactedonbytwoforces,eachof12N.Theforcesareatanangleof40otoeach
otherasshowninthefigurebelow.

[2]

12N
20o
20o
12N
Usingascaleof1cmto2N,drawavectordiagramtodeterminetheresultantforceacting
onthemass.

4. Alorryisbeingpulledbytwojeeps.Eachjeepexertsaforceof4000Natanangleof15oto
thehorizontalinthedirectionshown.

[2]

4000N
15o
15o
4000N
Usingascaleof1cmto800N,drawascaleddiagramtofindtheresultantforcepulling
thelorryforward.

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5. AmassofweightWissupportedbytwostringsasshown.Thetensionineachstringis10
N.

60o

60o

10N

10N

60o

W
(i)

(ii)

Usingascaleof1cmto2N,determinetheupwardforcerequiredtobalancetheweight
W.

[2]

Hence,determinethemassofW.

[1]

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6. Fig3.1showsalanternthatisheldbytwowires.Thetensionineachwireis16Nandthe
anglebetweenthewiresis120o

16 N
16 N

120o

Fig. 3.1

(i)Drawavectordiagramtoscaleinordertodeterminetheresultantforce.

Statethescaleused.Scale:1cmrepresents..

(ii)Hence,statetheweightofthelantern.
Weight=.N

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