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How do you represent vectors?

Recently, I was talking about vectors. At that time, I had to stop and recall how I had been representing vectors. Ideally, I should stick with the same notation I used in Basics: Vectors and Vector ...
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Using vector components Adding vectors

\(\overrightarrow {PQ}\) has components \(\left( \begin{array}{l} 2\\ 5 \end{array} \right)\) \(\overrightarrow {QR}\) has components \(\left( \begin{array}{l} 4\\ -3 ...
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Using vector components when adding, subtracting or calculating the magnitude of vectors - maths quiz

Practise using vector components when adding, subtracting or calculating the magnitude of vectors ahead of your National 5 Maths exam. Revise using vector components to add and subtract vectors and ...
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The impact of multiple representations on students' understanding of vector field concepts: Implementation of simulations and sketching activities into lecture-based ...

Physics Education Research, Faculty of Physics, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany Multiple external representations (e.g., diagrams, equations) and their interpretations play a central role ...
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Basics: Vectors and Vector Addition

pre-reqs: trig Think of the following two things. Temperature and wind speed. These are two different things that you could measure, but there is one big difference. Wind speed has two parts to it - ...