Assignment: Vectors and Scalars

Please work the problem in your homework notebook and arrange it in an organized manner for
when I grade your notebooks. As I have mentioned before, I want to see that you are trying to
work the problems but I understand that you may not get them all correct. Show your work
otherwise I will assume that you just copied the answer at the end of assignment. If you are
having difficulty with anything, let me know so we can try to work on it. Keep track of your
units, the units are important.

PROBLEMS:
1. A car is driven 125.0 km due West, then 65.0 km due south. Determine the magnitude and
angle of the displacement vector.
2. Tow shoppers walk from the door of the mall to their car, which is 250.0 m down a lane of
cars, and then 90 to the right and walk an additional 60.0 m. What is the magnitude of
the displacement of the shoppers car from the mall door?
3. A hiker walks 4.5 km in one direction then makes a 45

turn to the right and walks

another 6.4 km. What is the magnitude of her displacement?

4. An ant is crawling on the sidewalk. At one moment, it is moving south a distance of 5.0 mm
(millimeter). It then turns southwest and crawls 4.0 mm. What is the magnitude of the ants
displacement?
5. A heavy piece of machinery is raised by sliding it a distance d = 12.5 m along a plank
oriented at angle =20.0 to the horizontal. How far is it moved?

(a) Vertically?
(b) Horizontally?

Assignment: Vectors and Scalars

6. Two vectors are given by:
a =( 4.0 m ) i ( 3.0m ) j+( 1.0 m) k
b =(1.0 m ) i + ( 1.0 m ) j+( 4.0 m) k
In unit-vector notation, find:
a)

a + b

b)

a b

c) A third vector c
a b + c =0
7.

such that: