Calculate the Change in Velocity of a Van

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The problem involves calculating the change in velocity of a van that initially travels north and then turns to a new heading at a different speed. The context is rooted in vector analysis within kinematics.

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  • Participants discuss the concept of change in velocity as a vector addition problem, questioning how to represent the initial and final velocities. There is a request for the original poster to share their attempts to solve the problem.

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can anyone help me:


a van is traveling north at a speed of 28ms-1. after turning a corner its heading is 40 degrees east of north at 25ms-1. workout the change in velocity of the van
 
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Welcome to PF michael,

Could you please post what you have attempted thus far.

~H
 
The change in the velocity is the velocity vector that when it is added to the initial velocity one would get the final velocity. That is the initial velocity vector plus the change in the velocity vector gives one the final velocity vector.
 
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andrevdh said:
The change in the velocity is the velocity vector that when it is added to the initial velocity one would get the final velocity. That is the initial velocity vector plus the change in the velocity vector gives one the final velocity vector.

andrevdh,

Please do not provide help to posters who do not show any prior working, it is both contrary to the forum guidelines and the ethos of the Science Education forums.

~H
 

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