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Units, Physical Quantities, and Vectors: BES 112 Module 1

This document contains a 10-question problem set on units, physical quantities, and vectors. The problems involve calculating vector quantities like sums, differences, components and scalar and vector products. They also involve determining angles between vectors and finding forces needed to make a net force equal zero. The document provides diagrams to accompany some of the vector problems. It is intended for instructional use and is part of a module on basic physics concepts.

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Units, Physical Quantities, and Vectors: BES 112 Module 1

This document contains a 10-question problem set on units, physical quantities, and vectors. The problems involve calculating vector quantities like sums, differences, components and scalar and vector products. They also involve determining angles between vectors and finding forces needed to make a net force equal zero. The document provides diagrams to accompany some of the vector problems. It is intended for instructional use and is part of a module on basic physics concepts.

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WMSU-ISMP-GU-001.

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Effective Date: 7-DEC-2016

BES 112 Module 1 | UNITS, PHYSICAL QUANTITIES, and VECTORS

See if you can do this!

PROBLEM SET No. 1

1. A rather ordinary middle-aged man is in the hospital for a routine checkup. The nurse writes
“200”on the patient’s medical chart but forgets to include the units. Which of these
quantities could the 200 plausibly represent? The patient’s (a) mass in kilograms; (b) height
in meters; (c) height in centimeters; (d) height in millimetres; (e) age in months.

2. Four astronauts are in a spherical space station. (a) If, as is typical, each of them breathes
about 500 cm3 of air with each breath, approximately what volume of air (in cubic meters)
do these astronauts breathe in a year? (b) What would the diameter (in meters) of the space
station have to be to contain all this air?

3. For the vectors 𝐴⃗ and 𝐵⃗⃗ in the figure shown, use a scale drawing to find the magnitude and
direction of (a) the vector sum 𝐴⃗ + 𝐵 ⃗⃗ and (b) the vector difference 𝐴⃗ − 𝐵
⃗⃗. Use your answers
to find the magnitude and direction of (c) −𝐴⃗ − 𝐵 ⃗⃗ and (d) 𝐵
⃗⃗ − 𝐴⃗.

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4. A postal employee drives a delivery truck along the route as shown. Determine the
magnitude and direction of the resultant displacement by drawing a scale diagram.

5. Compute the x- and y-components of the vectors 𝐴⃗, 𝐵


⃗⃗, 𝐶⃗, and 𝐷
⃗⃗ in the Figure shown in
Problem #3.

6. Let  be the angle that the vector 𝐴⃗ makes with the +x-axis, measured counter-clockwise
from that axis. Find angle  for a vector that has these components: (a) Ax = 2.00 m, Ay =
1.00 m; (b) Ax = 2.00 m, Ay = 1.00 m; (c) Ax = 2.00 m, Ay = 1.00 m; (d) Ax = 2.00 m,
Ay = 1.00 m;

7. For the vectors 𝐴⃗, 𝐵 ⃗⃗, and 𝐶⃗ in the figure shown in Problem #3, find the scalar products (a)
𝐴⃗ ∙ 𝐵
⃗⃗; (b) 𝐵
⃗⃗ ∙ 𝐶⃗ ; (c) 𝐴⃗ ∙ 𝐶⃗ .

8. Find the angle between each of these pairs of vectors:


a. 𝐴⃗ = −2.00𝑖̂ + 6.00𝑗̂ and ⃗⃗ = 2.00𝑖̂ − 3.00𝑗̂
𝐵
b. 𝐴⃗ = 3.00𝑖̂ + 5.00𝑗̂ and ⃗⃗ = 10.00𝑖̂ + 6.00𝑗̂
𝐵
c. 𝐴⃗ = −4.00𝑖̂ + 2.00𝑗̂ and ⃗⃗ = 7.00𝑖̂ + 14.00𝑗̂
𝐵

9. For the two vectors 𝐴⃗ and 𝐵


⃗⃗ in the figure shown, find (a) the scalar product 𝐴⃗ ∙ 𝐵
⃗⃗; (b) the
magnitude and direction of the vector product 𝐴⃗ × 𝐵⃗⃗.

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10. Three horizontal ropes pull on a large stone stuck in the ground, producing the vector forces
𝐴⃗, 𝐵
⃗⃗, and 𝐶⃗ as shown. Find the magnitude and direction of a fourth force on the stone that
will make the vector sum of the four forces zero.

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