A football player is moving southward and suddenly turns eastward with the same speed to avoid an opponent. The force that acts on the player while turning is :
- along northward
- along north-east
- along south-west
- along eastward
Answer
(2) along north-east
Solution
Take east as i and north as j.
v1 = -v j, v2 = v i
v = v2 - v1 = v i + v j
F v (Newton's second law),
the force acts along i + j, i.e. towards north-east.
Answer: (2)