What is the magnitude and direction of the PQ with tail and head points P(-6, 0) and Q(2, 4)?
8.9 units, 63.4° north of east
8.9 units, 26.6° north of east
13.4 units, 180° west
13.4 units, 0° east

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What is the magnitude and direction of the PQ−→− with tail and head points P(-6, 0) and Q(2, 4)? magnitude = √(64+16) = √80 = appr 8.9 , ruling out c.

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The magnitude of PQ is 8.9 and PQ is making an angle of 26.57° so 8.9 units, 26.6° north of east will be the correct answer.

What is a vector?

A vector is a quantity in which direction and magnitude both matters called a vector.

A vector joining by two points (x₁,y₁) and (x₂,y₂) will be (x₂-x₁)[tex]\hat{i}[/tex] + (y₂-y₁)[tex]\hat{j}[/tex]

The magnitude of this vector will be  

[tex]\sqrt{(x_2-x_1)^2+(y_2-y_1)^2[/tex]  

The direction of this vector will be  

[tex]\\tan^{-1}(\frac{y_2-y_1}{x_2-x_1)}[/tex]

Given P(-6,0) and Q(2,4) so vector joining by

[tex]\vec{PQ}[/tex] = [2-(-6)][tex]\vec{i}[/tex]  + [4-0][tex]\vec{j}[/tex]

[tex]\vec{PQ}[/tex] =  8[tex]\vec{i}[/tex] + 4[tex]\vec{j}[/tex]

now, the magnitude  [tex]\vec{PQ}[/tex] will be

⇒  [tex]\sqrt{(8^2+4^2)}[/tex]

8.944

The direction of the vector [tex]\vec{PQ}[/tex] will be

 [tex]\tan^{-1}(\frac{4}{8})[/tex]

26.57°

So, the magnitude of PQ is around 8.944 and the direction is 26.57° from the positive x axis so it's north of the east.

 

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