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Definition: Vector. A vector is a quantity with both magnitude and direction. We will frequently represent a vector quantity with an arrow, where the direction of the vector is the direction that the arrow points, and the magnitude of the vector is represented by the length of the arrow.
- 3.2: Vectors
Most commonly in physics, vectors are used to represent...
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- 10.2: An Introduction to Vectors
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- 3.2: Vectors
Most commonly in physics, vectors are used to represent displacement, velocity, and acceleration. Vectors are a combination of magnitude and direction, and are drawn as arrows. The length represents the magnitude and the direction of that quantity is the direction in which the vector is pointing.
The magnitude (length) of the vector makes a right triangle with the two components of the vector, where the magnitude is the hypotenuse. Thus, to find the magnitude of the vector \(\vec A=(A_x,A_y)\) we can use the Pythagorean theorem:
To find the length of a vector, simply add the square of its components then take the square root of the result. In this article, we’ll extend our understanding of magnitude to vectors in three dimensions. We’ll also cover the formula for the arc length of the vector function.
12 Απρ 2024 · What is a Vector? In mathematics and physics, a vector is a quantity with a magnitude and a direction in space. The general syntax of a vector follows a letter with an arrow above it equaling a set of coordinates in a 1st, 2nd, 3rd or more dimension coordinate system.
Examples of vector quantities include displacement, velocity, position, force, and torque. In the language of mathematics, physical vector quantities are represented by mathematical objects called vectors (Figure 2.2).
29 Δεκ 2020 · A vector is a directed line segment. Given points P and Q (either in the plane or in space), we denote with → PQ the vector from P to Q. The point P is said to be the initial point of the vector, and the point Q is the terminal point. The magnitude, length or norm of → PQ is the length of the line segment ¯ PQ: ‖→ PQ‖ = ‖ ¯ PQ‖.
