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Vector Components Worksheet
Honors Pre-Calculus
1. Using dotted lines, draw the horizontal and vertical components for each vector shown/described below.
40 m, 220o direction

15 m/s, 130o heading

20 km 255o direction

9 lb, 20o direction

45N, 250o heading

50 m/s2, 0o direction

6 mi, 180o heading

15 ft, 10o heading

100 m/s, 330o direction

2. Using the angles given on the diagrams in problem #1 above, calculate the values of the horizontal ( x ) and
vertical ( y ) components for each diagram you did above, showing your work in the box for each below.
Note: Be sure your calculator is in DEGREE mode before doing your calculations.
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3. A force of 500 Newtons (represented by the arrow coming from the box) is applied along a towrope held at
30 degrees above the horizontal to pull a box across a floor as shown below in the diagram.
a. Draw the x and y components of the
pull force on the diagram below.

b. Calculate the component of the force that actually

causes the box to move (horizontal component)
433 N

30o

4. A plane heads at an angle of 40o West of North at a speed of 150 m/s.

a. Draw the vector representing the
b. Calculate the westward and northward components
planes flight and show the westward
of the planes velocity.
96.4 m/s West
and northward components of its velocity.
114.9 m/s North

5. A rocket is launched from the ground at an angle of 60o from the horizontal at a speed of 300 m/s.
a. Draw the vector representing the
b. Calculate the horizontal and vertical components
rockets flight and show the northward
of the rockets velocity.
150 m/s horizontal
and eastward components of its velocity.
259.8 m/s vertical

6. Two tractors are pulling on a large tree stump, one with 600 pounds of force and direction 0, the other with
900 pounds of force and direction 75. Find the magnitude and direction of the resultant force. (Sketch a
picture and show your work!)

Answers for problem #2:

X = -30.64 m
X = 11.5 m/s

Y = 25.71 m
Y = -9.64 m/s

X = 8.46 lb
X = -42.3 N

Y = 3.08 lb
Y = -15.4 N

X = -5.18 km
X = 2.6 ft

Y = -19.32 km
Y = 14.8 ft

X = 0 mi

Y = -6 mi

X = 50 m/s2

Y = 0 m/s2

X =86.8 m/s

Y = -50 m/s