All Common Core: High School - Number and Quantity Resources
Example Questions
Example Question #191 : High School: Number And Quantity
Calculate , where
. Also determine the direction of the resulting vector.
, Direction is away from
.
, Direction is away from
.
, Direction is the same as
.
, Direction is away from
.
, Direction is the same as
.
, Direction is away from
.
In order to solve the first part of the problem, we need to remember how to take the magnitude of a vector and scalar.
, where
is a scalar.
Now lets calculate this.
As for the direction of the vector, since , the resulting vector will be against the original vector
.
See below for a picture.
Example Question #192 : High School: Number And Quantity
Calculate , where
. Also determine the direction of the resulting vector.
, Direction is away from
.
, Direction is the same as
.
, Direction is away from
.
, Direction is away from
.
, Direction is the same as
.
, Direction is the same as
.
In order to solve the first part of the problem, we need to remember how to take the magnitude of a vector and scalar.
, where
is a scalar.
Now lets calculate this.
As for the direction of the vector, since , the resulting vector will be in the same direction as the original vector
.
See below for a picture.
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