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Foundations of physics
Vectors
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Scalar
has only a
magnitude
,
no direction
, e.g
length mass speed
Vector
has a
magnitude
and a
direction
, e.g
Velocity displacement momentum
For
parallel
vectors we either
add
them or
take
them
away
from each other
Perpendicular vectors:
We
line
them up so that they are
tip
to
tail
and then us
Pythagoras
Resolving vectors:
Split them up into
horizontal
and
vertical
components and then use
trigonometry
to solve
For
non purpendicular
vectors use
cosine
rule/ sine rule