1. Which of the following statements about displacement is false? (a) The arrow drawn from the initial position to the final position of an object represents its displacement vector. (b) The straight-line distance between the initial position and the final position gives the magnitude of the displacement. (c) The distance travelled by the object when going from the initial position to the final position gives the magnitude of its displacement. (d) Displacement is a vector quantity, and its SI unit is the metre. Answer:

1. Which of the following statements about displacement is false? (a) The arrow drawn from the initial position to the final position of an object represents its displacement vector. (b) The straight-line distance between the initial position and the final position gives the magnitude of the displacement. (c) The distance travelled by the object when going from the initial position to the final position gives the magnitude of its displacement. (d) Displacement is a vector quantity, and its SI unit is the metre. Answer:

Physics for Scientists and Engineers

10th Edition

ISBN:9781337553278

Author:Raymond A. Serway, John W. Jewett

Publisher:Raymond A. Serway, John W. Jewett

Chapter3: Vectors

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 16P: A snow-covered ski slope makes an angle of 35.0 with the horizontal. When a ski jumper plummets onto...

See similar textbooks

Similar questions

Express in unit-vector notation the following vectors, each of which has magnitude 17.0 cm. (a) Vector E is directed 27.0 counterclockwise from the positive x axis, (b) Vector F is directed 27.0 counterclockwise from the positive y axis, (c) Vector G is directed 27.0 clockwise from the negative y axis.
The resultant vector R=2AB2C has zero magnitude. Vector A has an x component of 4.60 m and a y component of 12.1 m. and vector B has an x component of 3.00 m and a y component of 4.00 m. What are the x and y components of vector C? (All of these are two-dimensional vectors.)
The magnitudes of two vectors A and B are 12 units and 8 units, respectively. What are the largest and smallest possible values for the magnitude of the resultant vector R = A + B? (a) 14.4 and 4 (b) 12 and 8 (c) 20 and 4 (d) none of these.
A vector A has components Ax = 5.00 m and Ay = 9.00 m. Find (a) the magnitude and (b) the direction of the vector.
Check Your understanding Using the three displacement vectors A , B , and F in Figure 2.13, choose a convenient scale, and use a ruler and a protractor to find vector G given by the vector equation G=A+2BF . The three displacement vectors A , B , and C in Figure are specified by their magnitudes A=10.0,B=7.0 and C=8.0 , respectively, and by their respective direction angles with the horizontal direction =35,=110 , and =30 . The physical units of the magnitudes are centimeters. Choose a convenient scale and use a ruler and a protractor to find the following vector sums: (a) R=A+B , (b) D=AB , and (c) S=A3B+C .
A surveyor measures the distance across a straight river by the following method: starting directly across from a tree on the opposite bank, he walks x = 1.00 102 m along the riverbank to establish a baseline. Then he sights across to the tree. The angle from his baseline lo the tree is = 35.0 (Fig. P1.53). How wide is the river? Figure P1.53
The displacement vectors 42.0 cm at 15.0 and 23.0 cm at 65.0 both start from the origin and form two sides of a parallelogram. Both angles are measured counterclockwise from the x axis. (a) Find the area of the parallelogram. (b) Find the length of its longer diagonal.
If one of the two components of a vector is not zero, can the magnitude of the other vector component of this vector be zero?
A force vector A has x and y components, respectively, of -8.80 units of force and 15.00 units of force. The x and y components of force vector B are, respectively, 13.20 units of force and -6.60 units of force. Find the components of force vector C that satisfies the vector equation AB+3C=0 .
A snow-covered ski slope makes an angle of 35.0 with the horizontal. When a ski jumper plummets onto the hill, a parcel of splashed snow is thrown up to a maximum displacement of 1.50 m at 16.0 from the vertical in the uphill direction as shown in Figure P3.16. Find the components of its maximum displacement (a) parallel to the surface and (b) perpendicular to the surface. Figure P3.16
The magnitudes of two displacement vectors are A=20mand B=6m . What are the largest and the smallest values of the magnitude of the resultant.
If A + B = 0, the corresponding components of the two vectors Aand Bmust be (a) equal, (b) positive, (c) negative, (d) of opposite sign.