My blog shows a picture of a vector that I drew on my physics folder. This shows an example of a vector since of course, it’s an arrow and it has both magnitude and direction. This vector is pointing in the northwest direction, meaning if you break it up (bureku) it will be so many degrees north of west. Meaning, it will be that many degrees north of the x-axis on the west side. I’ve learned that different vectors have different magnitudes depending on the size of it and what direction it’s headed in. Vectors aren’t always arrows though; they could be flags on the flagpoles, cones on the road or even a car. All of these things have a certain magnitude (speed) and are going or directing things in a specific direction.
Very good description of how an arrow is a simple vector! Nice drawing by the way too :)
ReplyDeleteVectors. What can we do without them? Nice drawing
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