Resources The Virtual Lab:

https://phet.colorado.edu/sims/html/vector-addition/latest/vector-addition_en.html

The Lab Environment Spend a few minutes to understand? explore the functionalities of the different tabs/panels. 1 13.0 8 -674 4 5.0 4 -12.0 Vector magnitude/ angle and components Panel [3) Components 50 # 14. 1 10 -12 0 Vector Pand (2) Graph paper [1) Finding the Components of a Vector 1. Drag a vector a from vector panel (2) to graph paper (1). And adjust its suitable length and the orientation. Note down the magnitude and the angle & it makes with the x-axis and record the observations in the column 3 and column 4 of the Table 1 (below). 2. Find the x-component of the vector o by suing the formula a, = a cose and record the result in the column 5 of Table 1. 3. Find the y-component of the vector a by using the formula a = asin d and record the result in the column 6 of Table 1. 4. Now note down the x and y-components of the vector a from the al = 14. 10.0 panel (3) and record the observations in the columns 7 and 8 respectively. 5. Repeat the experiment (steps 1 = 4) five times by taking different vectors and record the calculations and the observations in the Table *45.0' 1. 6. A sample calculation has been done for you. 10.0 Verification The value of the x-component recorded in the column S must be same as the value of the observed x-component recorded in the column G The value of the y-component recorded in the column 7 must be same as the value of the observed y-component recorded in the column B.Observations and calculations lal 16.4 8 37.6 ax 13.0 10.0 lal = 16.4 10.0 37.6. 13.0 Table 1: Components of a Vector No. Magnitude Angle x-component y-component of Vector Obs Calculated From Panel Calculated From Panel a = a cose (3) a, a = asino (3) a, 16.4 37.6 16.4 cos 37.6 = 12.99 13 16.4 sin 37.6 =10.006 10 2 3 5 6 Important: For each observation of the Vector you must include a capture of screen. Table 1 with their respective screenshots