Addition and Subtraction of Vectors

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Addition and Subtraction of Vectors: Overview

This topic covers concepts such as Multiplying a Vector by a Real Number, Subtraction of Vectors, Triangle Law of Addition of Vectors, Parallelogram Law of Addition of Vectors, Head-to-Tail Method of Addition of Vectors, and Resultant Vector.

Important Questions on Addition and Subtraction of 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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The sum of the magnitudes of two forces acting at point is 18 and the magnitude of their resultant is 12. If the resultant is at 90° with the force of smaller magnitude, what are the, magnitudes of forces?

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Can the resultant of 2 vectors be zero ?

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If the resultant of n forces of different magnitudes acting at a point is zero, then the minimum value of n is 3.

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What are the conditions for linear independence of vectors?

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When two right-angled vectors of magnitude 7 units and 24 units combine, what is the magnitude of their resultant?

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The magnitude of the vector sum of two vectors is found to be equal to the sum of their magnitudes. 

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A car travels at an average speed of 40 km/hr. After travelling east for 1 hr it turns and travels north for 45 min then east again for 30 min. Find its displacement.

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A bus is going due north at a speed of 50 km/h. It makes 90° left turn without changing its speed. The change in the velocity of the bus is

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The vectors A and B are two mutually perpendicular vectors. Their dot product remains the same when the magnitude of A becomes three times its previous value.

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Out of the following set of forces, the resultant of which cannot be zero ?

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When the angle between the vector a and b is θ, their resultant is 5a2+b2. When the angle is 90°-θ the resultant is 3a2+b2. In this condition tan θ is

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If A2+B2 represents the magnitude of resultant of two vectors A+B and A-B, then the angle between two vectors is

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The resultant R of P and Q is perpendicular to P. Also P=R. The angle between P and Q is 

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How many minimum numbers of vectors of unequal magnitudes are required to give zero resultant?

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The square of resultant of two equal forces is three times their product. Angle between the forces is

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Let the vectors PQ, QR, RS, ST, TU and UP represent the sides of a regular hexagon.

Statement I: PQ×RS+ST0

Statement II: PQ×RS=0 and PQ×ST0