Two collinear forces of 12 N and 7 N act in opposite directions. What is the resultant magnitude?
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Opposite collinear vectors subtract in magnitude.
The resultant magnitude is |12-7| = 5 N.
Practice GIKI Engineering Computing questions with answers and explanations.
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Opposite collinear vectors subtract in magnitude.
The resultant magnitude is |12-7| = 5 N.
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Accuracy describes agreement with the true or accepted value.
Systematic error can reduce accuracy.
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Systematic errors often arise from calibration or method bias.
Repeated measurements do not automatically remove them.
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Random errors cause scatter around a central value.
Repeated measurements and averaging can reduce their effect.
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Leading zeros are not significant, but trailing zeros after a decimal are.
Thus 4, 5, and the final zero are significant.
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The path forms a right triangle with legs 5 and 12.
By Pythagoras, distance is √(25 + 144) = 13 km.
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The first part takes 2 hours and the second takes 1 hour.
The total travel time is 3 hours.
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The speed is 90 × 5/18 = 25 m/s, so total distance is 25 × 24 = 600 m.
Subtracting the train length gives a bridge length of 400 m.
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Downwind speed is 300 km/h and upwind speed is 200 km/h.
Wind speed is half their difference: 50 km/h.
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The metre is the SI base unit of length.
Other metric length units are derived from it using prefixes.
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The kilogram is the SI base unit of mass.
The gram is one-thousandth of a kilogram.
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The second is the SI base unit of time.
Minutes and hours are accepted non-SI units derived from it.