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NAME DATE PERIOD<br />

8-7<br />

Skills Practice<br />

Vectors<br />

Use a ruler and a protractor to draw each vector. Include a scale on each<br />

diagram.<br />

1. a = 20 meters per second<br />

2. b = 10 pound of force at<br />

60° west of south 135° to the horizontal<br />

1 cm : 5 m<br />

N<br />

W<br />

a<br />

60°<br />

E<br />

b<br />

135°<br />

S<br />

Copy the vectors to find each sum or difference.<br />

1 in : 10 lb<br />

Lesson 8-7<br />

3. a + z <br />

4. t - r <br />

a<br />

z<br />

r<br />

t<br />

Copyright © Glencoe/McGraw-Hill, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.<br />

Write the component form of each vector.<br />

5. 6.<br />

O<br />

Find the magnitude and direction of each vector.<br />

7. m = 〈2, 12〉<br />

9. k = 〈-8, -3〉<br />

y<br />

E(4, 3)<br />

C(1, –1)<br />

x<br />

B(–2, 2)<br />

8. p = 〈3, 10〉<br />

10. f = 〈-5, 11〉<br />

Find each of the following for a = 〈2, 4〉, b = 〈3, -3〉 , and c = 〈4, -1〉. Check your<br />

answers graphically.<br />

O<br />

y<br />

D(3, –3)<br />

x<br />

Overmatter<br />

Chapter 8 45 Glencoe Geometry

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