A ballon is rising vertically at 4.0 m/s. Wind is blowing from east to west at 3.0 m/s. Find the resultant velocity of the balloon.

Question

The parallelogram method may also be used to add more than two vectors. However, the process is tedious. (Pl

Answer 1

I don't understand the point about the "parallelogram method". Any and all vectors can be added by simply finding the x and y components, adding them, and then computing the new vector.

This one is much simpler: The 2 vectors are a t right angles and so we just need to solve a right triangle. It is even easier, because we have a 3:4:5 right triangle.

4m/s up + 3m/s to the east = 5m/s net velocity

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