Mission VP4 Adding Right Angle Vectors

Mission VP4 requires that you add two vectors that are at right angles to each other in order to determine the magnitude and the direction of the resultant. The mission consists of 27 questions organized into 9 Question Groups. You must answer one question from each Question Group to complete the mission. The learning outcomes for this mission are ...

• The student should be able to use the Pythagorean theorem to add two or more vectors in order to determine the magnitude of the resultant.
• The student should be able to trigonometric principles to add two or more vectors in order to determine the direction of the resultant.

If you are not familiar with this topic, then you should first learn about the topic using our written Tutorial or our Video Tutorial:
 

• How can the Pythagorean theorem be used to determine the magnitude of the resultant of two right angle vectors?
• How can the trigonometric functions be used to determine the direction of the resultant of two right angle vectors?
• How can the counter-clockwise from East convention be used to determine the direction of a vector?

Adding Right-Angle Vectors