A weather bulletin reports: "A steady breeze of 20 km h⁻¹ is blowing towards the…
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Problem
A weather bulletin reports: "A steady breeze of 20 km h⁻¹ is blowing towards the north-east."
(i) State what physical quantity the bulletin is describing. Why is this quantity classified as a vector?
(ii) Choose a suitable scale and draw a vector diagram to represent the wind velocity mentioned. Show the scale beside your diagram and mark the arrow properly.
(iii) If the same wind is to be represented on another chart using the scale 1 cm = 5 km h⁻¹, calculate the exact length of the arrow you would draw.