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Clearly show how you arrived at your answers by showing your work. 1. State how you can tell the difference between a scalar quantity and a v ector quantity. 3. How is the magnitude of a v ector indicated? Return to page 13 of the Student Module Booklet and continue with Activity 1. Applied Mathematics 30: Module 7 2 Assignment Booklet 7A 4. State the bearing of each vector. a. N b. 1 Return to page 1 3 o f the Student Module Booklet and continue with Activity 1 . 5. Write a s tatement indicating that vector a and vector b are equal and opposite vectors. <r b 6. Answer exercises 3.e. and 4.f. of “Exercises: Checking Your Skills” on page 308 of the textbook. Textbook exercise 3.e.: Textbook exercise 4.f.: Return to page 14 of the Student Module Booklet and continue with Activity 1. Applied Mathematics 30: Module 7 3 Assignment Booklet 7A 7. Answer exercise 4 o f “Investigation 1 : A dding Vectors That Represent Changes in Position” on page 3 1 2 o f the textbook. Return to page 16 of the Student Module Booklet and continue with Activity 2. 8. Complete textbook exercises 3 a nd 4 o f “Investigation 2: The Parallelogram Method for Adding Two Vectors.” Textbook exercise 3: (Include your scale diagram.) Textbook exercise 4: Return to page 18 of the Student Module Booklet and continue with Activity 2. Applied Mathematics 30: Module 7 4 Assignment Booklet 7A 9. Name two methods of adding vectors, and explain when you would use each method. 10. Answer exercises 4, 5.b., and 9 o f “Exercises: Checking Your Skills” on pages 318 and 319 of the textbook. Include scale drawings with your answers. Textbook exercise 4: Applied Mathematics 30: Module 7 5 Assignment Booklet 7A Textbook exercise 5.b.: Textbook exercise 9: Return to page 20 of the Student Module Booklet and continue with Activity 2. Applied Mathematics 30: Module 7 6 Assignment Booklet 7A 11. Summarize, in your own words, what you learned in Investigation 1 . Return to page 22 of the Student Module Booklet and continue with Activity 3. 12. Complete exercises 7 a nd 8 o f “Investigation 2: Enlarging Figures” on page 321 of the textbook.