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8.1 Intro To Vector Completed Notes
8.1 Intro To Vector Completed Notes
8.1 Intro To Vector Completed Notes
notebook March 25, 2020
8.1 Intro to Vectors
Scalar: A single real number that indicates the magnitude OR size of the
quantity.
Vector: A quantity that has both magnitude AND direction.
State whether each quantity described is a vector or scalar quantity.
1. a hockey puck shot northwest at 60 miles per hour
2. a tennis ball served at 110 miles per hour
3. a sprinter running 100 meters north
4. a parachutist falling straight down at 12.5 miles per hour
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Vocab:
B
Vector: Directed Line Segment a
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o o
Quadrant bearing: directional measurement between 0 and 90
east or west of the northsouth
o
line. The quadrant bearing ofo
vector v shown is 35 east of south or southeast, written S35 E.
True
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The resultant of two vectors can be found
by putting them "Tail to Tip"
resultant of a and b
**can be thought of as the result of
multiple forces on an object, and
found by "adding" the two vectors
together.
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Find the resultant for
(a) a c + 2b (b) m (.25)p
a c m
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Homework:
8.1 Intro to Vectors
488: 112, 2733 odd
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