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A SolutionsInthisappendix,wepresentthesolutionsoftheproblemsshownattheendofeachchapter.SolutionsChapter11.1.Thefinalpositionwillbedeterminedbytheresultantvector:R=A+B(A.1)withmagnitudecalculatedasR=A2+B2=(3.0)2+(4.0)2=5.0m.(A.2)Therefore,youwouldfindyourself5.0mfromwhereyoustarted.Theanglewithre-specttotheeastcastisθ=tan1(4.03.0)=53.(A.3)Thetotaldistancetraveledis3.0m+4.0m=7.0m.(A.4)1.2.(a) Thetwovectorsarepositioninginthexyplane,asshowninFig.1.24.(b) TheresultantvectorR=A+Bhasthesecomponents:Rx=Ax+Bx=3.5+4.0=7.5(A.5)andRy=Ay+By=(2.0)+3.0=1.0.(A.6)(c) ThemagnitudeisR=R2x+R2y(A.7)=(7.5)2+(1.0)2=56.25+1.07.6.https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110755824-015
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A SolutionsInthisappendix,wepresentthesolutionsoftheproblemsshownattheendofeachchapter.SolutionsChapter11.1.Thefinalpositionwillbedeterminedbytheresultantvector:R=A+B(A.1)withmagnitudecalculatedasR=A2+B2=(3.0)2+(4.0)2=5.0m.(A.2)Therefore,youwouldfindyourself5.0mfromwhereyoustarted.Theanglewithre-specttotheeastcastisθ=tan1(4.03.0)=53.(A.3)Thetotaldistancetraveledis3.0m+4.0m=7.0m.(A.4)1.2.(a) Thetwovectorsarepositioninginthexyplane,asshowninFig.1.24.(b) TheresultantvectorR=A+Bhasthesecomponents:Rx=Ax+Bx=3.5+4.0=7.5(A.5)andRy=Ay+By=(2.0)+3.0=1.0.(A.6)(c) ThemagnitudeisR=R2x+R2y(A.7)=(7.5)2+(1.0)2=56.25+1.07.6.https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110755824-015
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