Vectors and Relative Motion

The president’s airplane, Air Force One, flies at 250 m/s to the east with respect to the air. The air is moving at 35 m/s to the north with respect to the ground. Find the velocity of Air Force One with respect to the ground.

• 252 m/s
• 222 m/s
• 435 m/s
• 125 m/s

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NGSS.MS-PS2-1

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

A motorboat, which has a speed of 5 meters per second in still water, is headed east as it crosses a river flowing south at 3.3 meters per second. What is the magnitude of the boat’s resultant velocity with respect to the starting point?

• 3.3 m/s
• 5.0 m/s
• 6.0 m/s
• 8.3 m/s

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CCSS.HSN.VM.A.3

An airplane traveling north at 220 meters per second encounters a 50.0-meters-per-second crosswind from west to east. 

• 170 m/s
• 214 m/s
• 226 m/s
• 270 m/s

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NGSS.HS-PS2-1

A hiker walks 5 kilometers due north and then 7 kilometers due east. What is the hiker's resultant displacement?

• 2 km
• 8.6 km
• 12 km
• 12.6 km

A person begins a corn maze by walking 6.00m to the East and 10.0m to the North. How far away is the person from the starting position?

• 10.4 m
• 11.7 m
• 16.0 m
• 16.8 m

Which statement describes a vector?

• It has magnitude but no direction
• It has direction but no magnitude
• It has both direction and magnitude
• It has constant magnitude but no
   direction

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CCSS.HSN.VM.A.1

In practice A of the figure, What is  the magnitude of the  resultant displacement?

• 5 km 
• 8 km
• 11 km
• 15 km

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CCSS.HSN-VM.B.4C

In practice A of the figure, what is the direction of the resultant displacement?

• 63 degrees, South of East
• 63 degrees, North of West
• 27 degrees, North of West
• 27 degrees, South of West

In practice B of the figure, which displacement is the horizontal component?

• 30 km, East
• 30 km, West
• 40 km, North
• 40 km, South

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CCSS.HSN-VM.B.4C

Is this a scalar quantity or a vector quantity?
Wind blowing at 20 knots

• Scalar
• Vector

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CCSS.HSN.VM.A.1