A displacement vector with a magnitude of 20. m could have perpendicular components with magnitudes of C. 12 m and 16 m.
A displacement vector with a magnitude of 20. meters can be decomposed in 2 perpendicular components.
They would form a right triangle, in which the displacement vector would be the hypotenuse (a) and the components would be the legs (b, c).
Given the magnitude of the legs, we can calculate the magnitude of the hypotenuse using the Pythagorean theorem.
[tex]c = \sqrt{a^{2} + b^{2} }[/tex]
Let's use this formula to calculate the displacement vector for each pair of legs.
[tex]c = \sqrt{a^{2} + b^{2} } = \sqrt{(10.m)^{2} + (10.m)^{2} }= 14.1m[/tex]
[tex]c = \sqrt{a^{2} + b^{2} } = \sqrt{(12m)^{2} + (8.0m)^{2} }= 14.4m[/tex]
[tex]c = \sqrt{a^{2} + b^{2} } = \sqrt{(12m)^{2} + (16m)^{2} }= 20m[/tex]
[tex]c = \sqrt{a^{2} + b^{2} } = \sqrt{(16m)^{2} + (8.0m)^{2} }= 17.9m[/tex]
A displacement vector with a magnitude of 20. m could have perpendicular components with magnitudes of C. 12 m and 16 m.
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