Chapter 1: Q3CP (page 11)
You stand at location m. Your friend stands at location . What is your friend’s position vector?
Short Answer
Your friend’s position vector ism .
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Chapter 1: Q3CP (page 11)
You stand at location m. Your friend stands at location . What is your friend’s position vector?
Your friend’s position vector ism .
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The following questions refer to the vectors depicted by arrows in figure 1.57.
(a) What are the components of the vector ?(note that since the vector lies in the xy plane ,its z component is zero.)
(b) What are the components of the vector ?
(c) Is this statement true or false?
(d) What are the components of the vector ?
(e) Is this statement true or false?
(f) What are the components of the vector ?
(g) Is this statement true or false?

A planet is located at . A star is located at .
(a)What is , the vector from the star to the planet?
(b)What is the magnitude of ?
(c)What is , the unit vector (vector with magnitude 1) in the direction of ?
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