Pakistan International School Jeddah, English Section
Physics Homework 1 - Vectors
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1. You are flying in a plane moving 150 m s-2 at 65° North of West, when a 40 m s-2 wind
begins to blow at 40° North of East. What is your resultant velocity?
Begin by sketching a vector diagram of the situation needed to find the resultant velocity.
a. Sketch the perpendicular components for each vector shown below, and then
calculate these perpendicular components.
40. m/s
40.º
150. m/s
65º
b. Calculate the perpendicular components of the resultant, sketch a new vector
diagram using these components, and then calculate the resultant velocity.
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