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PHY 231

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A rubber band has no tension until it reaches a length of 7.5 cm. Beyond that length its tension increases by .7 Newtons for every additional centimeter of length.

• What will be its tension if its endpoints are at the points (5 cm, 9 cm) and (10 cm, 17 cm) as measured on an x-y coordinate system?

answer/question/discussion: ->->->->->->->->->->->-> :

Length first

(17-9)^2 + (10-5)^2 = c^2

c = 9.4 cm

9.4 - 7.5 = 1.9 cm

1.9cm(.7) =1.3 N

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• What is the vector from the first point to the second?

answer/question/discussion: ->->->->->->->->->->->-> :

5i + 8j + 0k from subtracting from the coordinates,

Angle is: tan^-1(rise/run)

Angle is 58 deg

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• What is the magnitude of this vector?

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9.4 cm

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• What vector do you get when you divide this vector by its magnitude? (Specify the x and y components of the resulting vector).

answer/question/discussion: ->->->->->->->->->->->-> :

.53i + 0.85j + 0k

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• The new vector should have magnitude 1. When you divide a vector by its magnitude the result is a vector with magnitude 1. We call a vector of magnitude 1 a unit vector. What vector do you get when you multiply this new vector (i.e., the unit vector) by the tension?

answer/question/discussion: ->->->->->->->->->->->-> :

0.69i + 1.12j + 0k

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• What are the x and y components of the new vector?

answer/question/discussion: ->->->->->->->->->->->-> :

0.69, 1.12

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