WAEC (WASSCE) Physics · Interaction of matter, space and time
Scalars and vectors: WAEC Physics Past Questions and Answers
What the WAEC syllabus covers in Scalars and vectors
Our summary: Quantities with size only versus quantities with size and direction, and how to add and split vectors.
- Concept of scalars as physical quantities with magnitude and no direction (Mass, distance, speed and time as examples of scalars.)
- Concept of vectors as physical quantities with both magnitude and direction (Weight, displacement, velocity and acceleration as examples of vectors.)
- Vector representation
- Addition of vectors (Use of force board to determine the resultant of two forces.)
- Resolution of vectors (Obtain the resultant of two velocities analytically and graphically.)
- Resultant velocity using vector representation
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WAEC (WASSCE) Physics questions on Scalars and vectors
- WAEC 2021The components of vectors Q and R are (-3.0, 5.5) and (9.2, 4.4) respectively. Determine the components of Q + R.
- WAEC 2021Which of the following set of quantities have members which are all vectors?
- WAEC 2019Which of the following quantities is a vector?
- WAEC 2015In a school compound a girl walks 40km due east from the laboratory to the staff room to submit her report. Then she returns and walks 30m due north to her…
- WAEC 2014A body of mass M kg rests on a plane inclined at an angle to the horizontal. The component of the weight of the body parallel to the plane is
- WAEC 2014Which of the following pairs of physical quantities is made up of vectors?
Years with Scalars and vectors questions in DeeepSolve's question bank
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