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Objective The objective of this lab is adding vectors using both the tail-to-head method and the component method and to verify the results using a simulator. Theory A scalar quantity is a number ... that has only a magnitude. When scalar quantities are added together the result is a sum. Vectors are quantities that have both magnitude and direction; specific methods of addition are required. When vector quantities are added, the result is a resultant. For example, if you walk 100 m north, then 100m east, you will walk a total distance of 200 m (distance is a scalar quantity). However the displacement Δr is a vector, involves both distance and direction. So, the same 200 m walk results, in a displacement of approximating 141 m northeast of where you began (141 m, northeast of your starting position). A negative vector has the same length as the corresponding positive vector, but with the opposite direction. Making a vector negative can be accomplished either by changing the sign of the magnitude or by simply adjusting the direction by 180°. Suppose you have a vector with magnitude 5 m in the direction of 100° (related to the positive X-axis). You can describe it specifying the magnitude and direction such as ° . Also, you can identify the opposite vector to ⃗ V , which will be - ° or - ° Experiment: Vector Addition. Tail-to-Head Method. Geometric method. Part A. Vectors can be added together graphically by drawing them end-to-end. A vector can be moved to any location; so long as its magnitude and orientation are not changed, it remains the same vector. When adding vectors, the order in which the vectors are added does not change the resultant. Draw each vector on a coordinate system; begin each from the origin. Choose any vector drawn to be the first vector. Choose a second vector and redraw it, beginning from the end of the first. Repeat, adding as many vectors as are desired to the end of the “train” of vectors [Show More]
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