Lab Experiment No. 1
Lab Experiment No. 1
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VECTOR ADDITION
I. OBJECTIVES:
II. THEORY:
III. MATERIALS:
IV. DRAWING:
V. PROCEDURES:
1. Each group is assigned a set of several vectors; add these vectors using the
polygon method using a convenient scale.
2. Using a graphing paper draw the rectangular coordinates and plot vector A
using a protractor and a ruler.
3. From the tip of vector A draw an arrowhead representing the direction. Write
down the magnitude and direction of the vector you just drawn beside it.
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4. From the tip of vector A, draw again the rectangular coordinates ( x and y axes)
and plot vector B.
5. Repeat procedures 2 and 3 until you have plotted the last vector.
6. From the tip of the last vector, draw a line towards the origin, placing the
arrowhead opposite the direction of the last vector and label the line as the
Resultant (R).
7. Measure the resultant R with your ruler representing the magnitude and
measure the angle made with respect to the x –axis representing the direction.
8. For the component method plot all the vectors in the rectangular coordinates
and resolve the vectors in their x and y components.
9. Sum all the x-components and also the y-components.
10. Solve for the resultant using the Pythagorean theorem and the angle 0 using
your trigonometric function.
11. Compute for the per cent of error using this formula:
Theoretical α − Experimental α
Percent of Error ( in %) = X 100%
Theoretical α
Table 1.
Table 2.
Resultant
Angle θ
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COMPUTATION:
GRAPH:
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Component Method:
Vector X- Y-
component component
A
B
C
D
E
Summation
Σ=
1. A plane flies due east, a distance of 250 km. It then proceed 25 o NW, a distance
of 600 km. What is the resultant displacement from the starting point?
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2. Using the polygon method find the resultant of the following displacements, 6
m southwest, 10 m northeast, 4 m southeast, 12 m northwest and 3 m southwest.
What is the direction of the resultant displacement? b) Check using the component
method.
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VIII. CONCLUSIONS AND GENERALIZATION
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