Vector quantities have both magnitude and direction. They can be added by combining their magnitudes and directions according to four rules: 1) Vectors in the same direction are added by combining magnitudes and using the same direction, 2) Vectors in opposite directions are added by subtracting magnitudes and using the direction of the larger, 3) Perpendicular vectors form a right triangle where the hypotenuse is the resultant, and 4) Oblique vectors use cosine and sine laws to find the resultant magnitude and direction.
Vector quantities have both magnitude and direction. They can be added by combining their magnitudes and directions according to four rules: 1) Vectors in the same direction are added by combining magnitudes and using the same direction, 2) Vectors in opposite directions are added by subtracting magnitudes and using the direction of the larger, 3) Perpendicular vectors form a right triangle where the hypotenuse is the resultant, and 4) Oblique vectors use cosine and sine laws to find the resultant magnitude and direction.
Vector quantities have both magnitude and direction. They can be added by combining their magnitudes and directions according to four rules: 1) Vectors in the same direction are added by combining magnitudes and using the same direction, 2) Vectors in opposite directions are added by subtracting magnitudes and using the direction of the larger, 3) Perpendicular vectors form a right triangle where the hypotenuse is the resultant, and 4) Oblique vectors use cosine and sine laws to find the resultant magnitude and direction.
- Are magnitudes that are described by their magnitude and direction.
Examples: Force downward Velocity of a car moving east Displacement of a pencil thrown upward Acceleration towards the west
VECTOR ADDITION
Resultant is the vector sum of more than one vector.
Although addition is the word used but it is combining vectors having different magnitude and direction.
Rules in Vector Addition:
1. When two given vectors are acting on the same direction.
Add the magnitude of the two vectors top get the resultant. For the direction, use the same direction of the given vectors. 2. When two vectors are acting in the opposite direction. Subtract the magnitude of the two vectors to get the resultant. For the direction, follow the direction of the larger magnitude. 3. When two vectors are forming a 90o angle. The diagonal form by the two vectors is the resultant. Use Pythagorean Theorem to find the magnitude of the resultant. 4. When two vectors form an oblique triangle. The diagonal formed by the two vectors is the resultant. Use the cosine and sine law to find the magnitude and direction of the result.