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Applications With Vectors

The document describes an interactive figure for simulating applications problems using vectors, allowing users to adjust magnitudes and angles through sliders. It outlines seven features, including displaying vectors, calculating the resultant, and showing components and polar values. Additionally, it provides exploratory exercises to practice calculating vector components and equilibrium conditions.

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Applications With Vectors

The document describes an interactive figure for simulating applications problems using vectors, allowing users to adjust magnitudes and angles through sliders. It outlines seven features, including displaying vectors, calculating the resultant, and showing components and polar values. Additionally, it provides exploratory exercises to practice calculating vector components and equilibrium conditions.

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Applications with Vectors

This figure simulates Applications problems using Vectors. The two vectors may be changed by
moving the sliders for the magnitude and for the angle of the vector. The vectors may be shown
with or without Components and Polar Values. The seven features of this interactive figure are
noted below.

1. Display Vectors Check the u box, the v box, and the w box to display the vectors. Use
the sliders to express magnitudes from 0 to 800 and angles from 0o to 360o for vectors u
and v; the angle of vector w is fixed at 270o.
2. Resultant Check the box for R = u + v to show the sum of vectors u and v when those
vectors are checked.
3. Show Check the Components box to show the vector name and the ordered pair of the
end point. Check the Polar Values box to show the polar values of each vector.
4. Integer Values Check the box to move the sliders in integral increments.
5. Large Increases screen graph to about 150% of original size.
6. Window Setting Move the slider to change the window to one of nine different sizes
from a square of [-10, 10] to a square of [-1000, 1000].
7. Reset Click the button in the lower left corner to return figure to default settings.
Exploratory Exercise: Click the Reset button in the lower left corner. Check all
boxes for Display Vectors, Resultant, and Polar Values. Move the sliders while
watching the graph and the Polar Values. As necessary move the Window Setting slider
to zoom out or zoom in for a better view. [Hold down the Alt key for fine adjustments of
slider.]

a) Click the Reset button in the lower left corner. Uncheck the Show Components
box. Check the Show Polar Values box. Check the v box. Move the sliders so that |u|
is 32, is 45°, |v| is 32, and is 135°. As necessary, move the Window Setting
slider so that all vectors are visible. Calculate the Components, rectangular
coordinates, of the vectors u, v, and R. Also, express R in polar form.

b) Check the Resultant R box and the Show Components box. Compare your answers
in Part (a) with those given on the graph.

c) Click the Reset button in the lower left corner. Check the v box, the w box, and the
Show Polar Values box. Move the sliders so that is 44°, |v| is 15, is 150°, and
w is 20. As necessary, move the Window Setting slider so that all vectors are visible.
Calculate, to the nearest whole number, the value for |u| that will keep the weight w in
equilibrium.

d) Check the Resultant R box. Move the |u| slider until R is in equilibrium with w.
Compare your answer in Part (c) with that given on the graph.

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