Vector A has a magnitude of 2.5 m/s at a direction of 18 degrees and Vector B has a magnitude of 4.5 m/s at a direction of 240 degrees.  A) Sketch the two vectors roughly to scale, and find their sum C= A + B using a graphical method. B) Find the components of A and B, including any necessary negative signs. C) Find the magnitude and direction of C using the algebraic/components method.

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Vector A has a magnitude of 2.5 m/s at a direction of 18 degrees and Vector B has a magnitude of 4.5 m/s at a direction of 240 degrees. 

A) Sketch the two vectors roughly to scale, and find their sum C= A + B using a graphical method.

B) Find the components of A and B, including any necessary negative signs.

C) Find the magnitude and direction of C using the algebraic/components method. 

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It is given that vector A  has a magnitude of 2.5 ms at a direction of 18° and vector B has a magnitude of 4.5 ms at a direction of 240°.

The Sketch the two vectors roughly to scale is given as,

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using the parallelogram law,

C=A+B

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