Determining the magnitude and angle of a vector as a linear combination

Determining the magnitude and angle of a vector as a linear combination

Assessment

Interactive Video

Mathematics

11th Grade - University

Hard

Created by

Quizizz Content

FREE Resource

The video tutorial explains how to find the magnitude and direction angle of a vector. It covers the use of cosine and sine in determining vector components, referencing the unit circle for angle calculation. The tutorial provides a step-by-step approach to solving for vector magnitude and angle, and demonstrates how to write vectors and their components. It concludes with an introduction to finding the component form of vectors.

Read more

5 questions

Show all answers

1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What trigonometric functions are used to express the components of a vector in terms of its angle?

Secant and Cosecant

Sine and Cosine

Sine and Tangent

Tangent and Cotangent

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In the given example, what is the angle associated with the vector?

30 degrees

45 degrees

90 degrees

60 degrees

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the magnitude of the vector in the example discussed?

3

10

7

5

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How can you express a vector using its magnitude and angle?

By using the tangent of the angle

By using the secant of the angle

By using the cotangent of the angle

By using the sine and cosine of the angle

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the next step after determining the magnitude and angle of a vector?

Determining the vector's velocity

Finding the tangent of the angle

Converting the vector into its component form

Calculating the area under the vector