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Introduction To Vectors (Excellent!)

Vectors have both magnitude and direction, and can be represented as straight lines or column vectors. The resultant of adding vectors is a single vector equivalent to the set, and vectors can be rewritten or broken down into their component parts. Vector geometry examples show calculating ratios of vectors and using properties like parallelism of scalar multiples.

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Introduction To Vectors (Excellent!)

Vectors have both magnitude and direction, and can be represented as straight lines or column vectors. The resultant of adding vectors is a single vector equivalent to the set, and vectors can be rewritten or broken down into their component parts. Vector geometry examples show calculating ratios of vectors and using properties like parallelism of scalar multiples.

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Vectors

What are they?

What do they look like?

Properties

Resultants (many to one)

Rewriting Resultants (one to many)

Examples
What is the difference
between speed and velocity?

=> Velocity is speed combined with direction


What are Vectors? HOME
• A scalar quantity is simply anything in life that can be
described by just a number
e.g. the temperature, my age etc.
• However, a vector is a quantity that needs a direction
as well for it to make sense.

=> Vectors have both magnitude (size) and direction

Examples
- Velocity = speed + direction
e.g. wind velocity is 20kmh East
- Displacement = distance + direction
e.g. displacement of Leeds from York is 25 miles W

=> Vectors are directed quantities


What do they look like?
Vectors can be represented as:

- Straight Lines - Column Vectors

direction 3
1
Size

=> Vectors are pathways HOME


What do they look like?

The most common notation for


vectors is threefold

AB = a = a
B

HOME
Resultants
The resultant is a single vector which is
equivalent to a set of vectors
e.g. the result of adding a and b

a b
b

c=a+b HOME
Resultants
Example

a -b
-b

c= a - b
HOME
Properties

Vectors with the same


magnitude and
direction are equal

A
If vectors have the same magnitude
and opposite directions then:

AB = a then BA = -a
HOME
Properties
If different sized vectors have the
same direction they are scalar multiples
of each other
e.g. m = kn

m n

m = 2n
HOME
Rewriting resultants
Resultant vectors can be broken down
in to their component vectors

e.g. a = x
y
a
y

x
HOME
Rewriting Vectors

=> vectors can be rewritten in terms


of other vectors

b
a
c

a+b=c
HOME
Rewrite the following vectors in terms of a, b and c

E D i) BA =-a
c ii) CB =-b
F C
iii) DC =-c
b
iv) AC =a+b
A a B
v) AD =a+b+c

HOME
Rewrite the following vectors in terms of a, b and c

E D i) ED = a
c ii) FE = b
F C iii) AF = c

b iv) AE = c + b

A a B v) DA = – c – b – c
vi) BF = – a + c
vii) EC = a – c

HOME viii) DF = – a – b
Rewrite the following vectors in terms of a and b
a. AP = a
b. AB = b – a
Q
c. OQ = 2b
B N
d. PO = - 2a
b
P e. PQ = 2b – 2a
O a A f. PN = b – a
g. ON = a + b
h. AN = b
i. BP = 2a - b
j. QA = a – 2b HOME
Vector Geometry

A B
AB = r
Y
AD = s
X AY:YD = 1:2
D C
DX:XB = 1:2

i) Show that YX is parallel to AC


ii) What is the ratio YX:AC
Solutions

A r B AC = r + s

Y DB = r - s
s
YX = 2/3r + 1/3(r – s)
X
D C YX = 1/3(r + s)
i) AC and YX are scalar multiples => parallel
ii) YX : AC = 1 : 3
i) Show that YX is parallel to AC
ii) What is the ratio YX:AC
Vector Geometry

B AB = p Solutions

X AC = q BC = q - p
Y
XZ = ½(q – p)
A
Z C => Scalar multiples
(same direction)
X, Y and Z are all midpoints

i) Express BC in terms of p and q


ii) Show that XZ is parallel to BC

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