Chapter Test B: Two-Dimensional Motion and Vectors
Chapter Test B: Two-Dimensional Motion and Vectors
Chapter Test B: Two-Dimensional Motion and Vectors
Assessment
Chapter Test B
Two-Dimensional Motion and Vectors
MULTIPLE CHOICE
In the space provided, write the letter of the term or phrase that best completes
each statement or best answers each question.
______ 2. A student walks from the door of the house to the end of the driveway
and realizes that he missed the bus. The student runs back to the
house, traveling three times as fast. Which of the following is the cor-
rect expression for the return velocity if the initial velocity is vstudent?
1
a. 3vstudent c. vstudent
3
1
b. vstudent d. -3vstudent
3
______ 5. Find the resultant of these two vectors: 2.00 102 units due east and
4.00 102 units 30.0° north of west.
a. 300 units 29.8° north of west
b. 581 units 20.1° north of east
c. 546 units 59.3° north of west
d. 248 units 53.9° north of west
______ 8. A track star in the long jump goes into the jump at 12 m/s and
launches herself at 20.0° above the horizontal. What is the magnitude
of her horizontal displacement? (Assume no air resistance and that
ay g 9.81 m/s2.)
a. 4.6 m c. 13 m
b. 9.2 m d. 15 m
______ 9. A boat travels directly across a river that has a downstream current, v.
What is true about the perpendicular components of the boat’s velocity?
a. One component equals v; the other component equals zero.
b. One component is perpendicular to v; the other component
equals v.
c. One component is perpendicular to v; the other component
equals v.
d. One component is perpendicular to v; the other component
equals zero.
______10. A jet moving at 500.0 km/h due east is in a region where the wind is
moving at 120.0 km/h in a direction 30.00° north of east. What is the
speed of the aircraft relative to the ground?
a. 620.2 km/h c. 588.7 km/h
b. 606.9 km/h d. 511.3 km/h
SHORT ANSWER
12. If the magnitude of a component vector equals the magnitude of the vector,
then what is the magnitude of the other component vector?
13. How can you use the Pythagorean theorem to add two vectors that are not
perpendicular?
14. Briefly explain why a basketball being thrown toward a hoop is considered
projectile motion.
PROBLEM
15. A cave explorer travels 3.0 m eastward, then 2.5 m northward, and finally
15.0 m westward. Use the graphical method to find the magnitude of the net
displacement.
16. A dog walks 28 steps north and then walks 55 steps west to bury a bone. If
the dog walks back to the starting point in a straight line, how many steps will
the dog take? Use the graphical method to find the magnitude of the net
displacement.
17. A quarterback takes the ball from the line of scrimmage and runs backward
for 1.0 101 m then sideways parallel to the line of scrimmage for 15 m. The
ball is thrown forward 5.0 101 m perpendicular to the line of scrimmage.
The receiver is tackled immediately. How far is the football displaced from its
original position?
18. Vector A is 3.2 m in length and points along the positive y-axis. Vector B is
4.6 m in length and points along a direction 195° counterclockwise from the
positive x-axis. What is the magnitude of the resultant when vectors A and B
are added?
19. A model rocket flies horizontally off the edge of a cliff at a velocity of 50.0
m/s. If the canyon below is 100.0 m deep, how far from the edge of the cliff
does the model rocket land? (ay g 9.81 m/s2)
20. A boat moves at 10.0 m/s relative to the water. If the boat is in a river where
the current is 2.00 m/s, how long does it take the boat to make a complete
round trip of 1000.0 m upstream followed by 1000.0 m downstream?
last vector.
d
(xtot
)2 (
ytot)2
12. The magnitude of the other compo-
nent vector is zero. (4.4
m)2
(2.0 m
)2 4.9 m
13. Resolve each vector into perpendicu-
19. 226 m
lar components and add the compo-
Given
nents that lie along the same axis. The
v 50.0 m/s horizontally
resultant vectors can be added by
y 100.0 m
using the Pythagorean theorem
because they are perpendicular. Solution
14. Objects sent into the air and subject to vi,x vx 50.0 m/s horizontally
gravity exhibit projectile motion. vi,y 0
1
15. 12.2 m y 2ay(t)2
Solution 2y
(t)2
d (12.0
m
) (
2.5 m) 12.2 m
2 2
ay
16. 62 steps 2y 2y
t
Solution a y (g)
d (28
(55 st
9.81 m/s
steps) 2
eps)2 2(100.0 m)
4.52 s
2
62 steps
17. 43 m x vxt (50.0 m/s)(4.52 s)
Given 226 m
x1 1.0 101 m
20. 208 s
y1 15 m
Given
x2 5.0 101 m
vrg velocity of river to ground
Solution 2.00 m/s downstream
xtot x1 x2 (1.0 101 m) vbr velocity of boat to river
(5.0 101 m) 4.0 101 m 10.00 m/s
ytot y1 15 m x1 1000.0 m downstream
d2 (xtot)2 (ytot)2 x2 1000.0 m downstream
d
(xtot
)2 (
ytot)2 vbg velocity of boat
(4.0
101 m
)2
(1.5
101 m
)2
4.3 101 m