Scalars and Vectors

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Scalars and Vectors: Overview

This topic consists of various concepts like Physical Quantity,Scalar Quantity,Algebra of Scalar Quantities, etc.

Important Questions on Scalars and Vectors

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A bus is moving on a straight road towards north with a uniform speed of  50 km h1  turns through   90° anticlockwise. If the speed remains unchanged after turning , the increase in the velocity of bus in the turning process is:

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A ball is projected from ground with 20 m s-1at 45 ° with horizontal. A wall is of 25 m height at distance of10 m from the projection point. The ball will hit the wall at height of

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Vector f1 is 10 Newton towards east, vector f2 is 10 Newton, 60° north of east then find f1+f2.

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Two forces of 5.0 N each are acting on a point mass. If the angle between the forces is 60, then the net force acting on the point mass has magnitude close to :

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A vector in x-y plane makes an angle of 30o with y-axis. The magnitude of y-component of vector is 23. The magnitude of x-component of the vector will be :

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When vector A=2i^+3j^+2k^ is subtracted from vector B, it gives a vector equal to 2j^. Then the magnitude of vector B will be:

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Two forces having magnitude A and A2 are perpendicular to each other. The magnitude of their resultant is:

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If rA=3 m and rB=5 m then find the displacement from A to B

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If y-component of a force acting in x-y plane is 23 N. Then the x- component will be

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If A=2i^+3j^+2k^ and A-B=2j^, then find B.

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Two forces of magnitude A and A2 act perpendicular to each other. The magnitude of the resultant force is equal to

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The resultant of two vectors is perpendicular to one of them and has the magnitude 4 m. If the sum of the magnitude of two vectors is 8 m then their respective magnitude are

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An aeroplane has to reach A to B and back again along straight line. The speed of aeroplane with respect to wind is v. The wind blows perpendicular to line AB with speed u. The distance between A and B is l. The total time for the round trip is
 

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Find Resultant of all Vectors.
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Four particles lie initially at the corners of a square of side length L. All the particles start to move with speed v. A moves towards B, B moves towards C, C moves towards D and D moves towards A. The distance covered by a particle till they meet, is

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 Find the acceleration of the block of mass M in the situation shown in the figure. All the surfaces are frictionless.

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 If a and b are unit vectors, then the angle between a and b for 3a-b to be a unit vector is 

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If the rod and wedge are in contact then find the relation between v1 and v2

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Slect which of the above vectors have the same direction.

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Given that A+B+C=0, out of three vectors two are equal in magnitude and the magnitude of third vector is 2 times that of either of two having equal magnitudes. Then, angle between vectors are given by