Chapter 3: Q24P (page 58)

Vector $\overset{⇀}{A}$ which is directed along an x axis, which to be added to
vector $\overset{⇀}{B}$ , which has a magnitude of 7.0 m.The sum is a third vector that
is directed along the y axis, with a magnitude that is 3.0 times that of $\overset{⇀}{A}$ . What is that magnitude of $\overset{⇀}{A}$ ?

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Magnitude of $\overset{⇀}{A} = 2.2 m$

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Using the vector algebra and simple mathematical operations, we can find the unknown vectors. herethe vector addition is to be used to find the magnitude of vector $\overset{⇀}{A}$ .

Vector $\overset{⇀}{A}$ can be written as

$\overset{⇀}{A} = x \hat{i} + y \hat{j}$ (1)

With magnitude

$|\overset{⇀}{A}| = \sqrt{x^{2} + y^{2}}$ (2)

Given

$|\overset{⇀}{B}| = 7.0 m (3) |\overset{⇀}{B} + \vec{A}| = 3 \times |\vec{A}| (4)$

To find the magnitude of vector

Now,

$\vec{B} = B_{x} \hat{j} + B_{y} \hat{j} \vec{B} + \vec{A} = (B_{x} \hat{j} + B_{y} \hat{j}) + A \hat{i} \vec{B} + \vec{A} = (B_{x} + A) \hat{i} + B_{y} \hat{j}$

as the resultant is directed along y axis, so the x component will be zero.

$B_{x} + A = 0 B_{x} = - A B_{y} = 3 A \vec{B} = B_{x} \hat{i} + B_{y} \hat{j}$

Using equation (ii),

$7 = \sqrt{{(- A)}^{2} + {(3 A)}^{2}} 7 = A \times \sqrt{10} A = \frac{7}{\sqrt{10}} A = 2.2 m$

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Vector A⇀which is directed along an x axis, which to be added tovector B⇀, which has a magnitude of 7.0 m.The sum is a third vector that is directed along the y axis, with a magnitude that is 3.0 times that of A⇀. What is that magnitude of A⇀?

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