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Understanding Components and Vectors

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A) You would more likely give your friends a number of blocks to go east and then a number of blocks to go north. What would these two numbers be? As can be seen in the diagram below, you would tel ... l your friend to travel 3 blocks east and 2 blocks north. B) Consider the vector ⃗b with magnitude 4.00 m at an angle 23.5o north of east. What is the x component bx of this vector? First, we need to convert our degrees into radians (so it will work in the on-line answer key). In general, to convert from degrees into radians, use the following conversion: rad =deg⋅? 180o rad = 23.5o⋅? 180o =0.410 rad Then, to get our answer, we simply use the trigonometric equation mention in part A: bx=b cos(rad ) bx=(4.00 m) cos(0.410 rad ) bx=3.66 m C) Consider the vector ⃗b b y of this vector? with length 4.00 m m at an angle 23.5o north of east. What is the y component Similar to part B, our y component is found using trigonometry [Show More]

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