David Maloney's Physics Examples: Kinematics Example 2-Adding Perpendicular Vectors

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This item is an annotated homework problem in vector addition for introductory physics students. Given is the velocity of an aircraft traveling into a strong wind perpendicular to its motion. Explicit explanations are provided for finding the velocity of the aircraft relative to the ground.

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Mathematical Tools - Vector Algebra	- Lower Undergraduate - High School	- Instructional Material = Problem/Problem Set = Tutorial

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Keywords:: homework examples, homework problems, perpendicular vectors, physics problems, relative velocity, vector addition
Record Cloner:: Metadata instance created February 21, 2008 by Alea Smith
Record Updated:: August 10, 2020 by Lyle Barbato
Last Update when Cataloged:: August 3, 2007

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