Practice 3: Consider three vectors: A= 3î + 0} Ē = 2-3i + 2} Č =-sî + 5J3} a. Draw the three vectors. b. What is the length or magnitude of A, B and C? c. What is A+ B ? d. What is A.C, and B.C? e. What is the angle between A andC, B and C? f. What is A x Ē? g. What is the magnitude of Å h. Find A. (A+ B\? i. Find A(

Practice 3: Consider three vectors: A= 3î + 0} Ē = 2-3i + 2} Č =-sî + 5J3} a. Draw the three vectors. b. What is the length or magnitude of A, B and C? c. What is A+ B ? d. What is A.C, and B.C? e. What is the angle between A andC, B and C? f. What is A x Ē? g. What is the magnitude of Å h. Find A. (A+ B\? i. Find A(

Physics for Scientists and Engineers with Modern Physics

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Chapter3: Vectors

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Problem 38AP: Two vectors A and B have precisely equal magnitudes. For the magnitude of A+B to be larger than the...

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