Physics Assignment
Chapter 3: Motion in a Plane
1. What would be the magnitude and direction of the two vectors A and B , if
a) they act along the same direction.
b) they act along the opposite direction.
c) they act at 90° to each other.
2. State the triangle law of vector addition and parallelogram law of vector
Addition.
3. Find the resultant of two forces, one 6N due east and other 8N due north.
4. An aeroplane takes off at an angle of 30° to the horizontal. If the component
of its velocity along the horizontal is 250 km/h, what is the actual velocity? Find
also the vertical component of the velocity.
5. If A= 3i +2j and B = i-2j+3k, find the magnitudes of A + B and A – B.
6. Find the unit vector parallel to the resultant of the vectors A=2i-6j-3k and
B=4i+3j-k.
7. A velocity of 10 m/s has its Y component 5˨2 m/s. Calculate its x component.
8. Find the angle between the vectors A= i+2j-k and -i+j-2k.
9. Find the value of λ so that the vectors A = 2i+λj+k and B=4i-2j-2k are
perpendicular to each other.
10. A force of 7i+6k newton makes a body move on a rough plane with a
velocity of 3j+4k m/s. Calculate the power in watt.
11. State the rules for determining the direction of AxB.
12. Calculate the area of the parallelogram whose two adjacent sides are formed
by the vectors A = 3i + 4j and B = -3i +7j.
13. Determine a unit vector perpendicular to both A = 2i +j+k and B= i-j+2k.
14. The position of a particle is given by
r = 3.0t i + 2.0 t2 j + 5.0 k
where t is in seconds and the coefficients have the proper units for r to be in
metres. (a) Find v(t) and a(t) of the particle. (b) Find the magnitude and
direction of v(t) at t=3.0s.
15. A projectile is fired horizontally with a velocity of 98 m/s from the top of a
hill 490 m high. Find (i) the time taken to reach the ground (ii) the distance of
the target from the hill and (iii) the velocity with which the projectile hits the
ground.
16. A body is projected with a velocity of 30 m/s at an angle of 30° with the
vertical. Find the maximum height, time of flight and the horizontal range.
17. What is the angular velocity of a second hand and minute hand of a clock.
18. A body of mass 0.4 kg is whirled in a horizontal circle of radius 2 m with a
constant speed of 10 m/s. Calculate its (i) angular speed (ii) frequency of
revolution (iii) time period and (iv) centripetal acceleration.
19. What is the dot product of (i) two similar unit vectors and (ii) two dissimilar
unit vectors?
20. What is the angle between the direction of velocity and acceleration at the
highest point of a projectile path?
21. A stone tied to the end of a string is whirled in a circle. If the string breaks,
the stone flies away tangentially. Why?
22. What is the magnitude of the vector 2i -3j + ˨3 k?
23. Name the quantity which remains unchanged during the flight of an oblique
projectile.
24. Show that there are two angles of projection for which the horizontal range
is same for a projectile.
25. A body is projected at an angle of 45° with a velocity of 9.8 m/s. What will
be its horizontal range?
