PRACTICE QUIZ 6A

Answer the following.  Show all work and circle your answers.

Identify the following statements as true or false. Rewrite any false statements to make them true.
1. The order in which you add vectors doesn't matter.

 

2. Draw all vectors tail-to-tail.

 

3. The resultant vector is drawn as a solid yellow line bisecting the angle formed by the combined vectors.

 

4. When redrawing the arrows representing the vectors you may change the length (magnitude) and direction of the arrows as desired.

 

5. The rules for combining velocity vectors are the same as for combining displacement vectors.

 

 Combine the three vectors on the grid using the graphical method of vector addition. Label the magnitude and direction of the resultant.

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