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<h2 class="title">Summary and Key Concepts</h2>
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A vector has a magnitude and direction.
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Vectors can be used to represent many physical quantities that have a magnitude and direction, like forces.
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Vectors may be represented as arrows where the length of the arrow indicates the magnitude and the arrowhead indicates the direction of the vector.
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Vectors in two dimensions can be drawn on the Cartesian plane.
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Vectors can be added graphically using the head-to-tail method or the tail-to-tail method.
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A closed vector diagram is a set of vectors drawn on the Cartesian using the tail-to-head method and that has a resultant with a magnitude of zero.
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Vectors can be added algebraically using Pythagoras' theorem or using components.
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The direction of a vector can be found using simple trigonometric calculations.
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The components of a vector are a series of vectors that, when combined, give the original vector as their resultant.
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Components are usually created that align with the Cartesian coordinate axes. For a vector \(\vec{F}\) that makes an angle of \(\theta\) with the positive \(x\)-axis the \(x\)-component is \(\vec{R}_x=R\cos(\theta)\) and the \(y\)-component is \(\vec{R}_y=R\sin(\theta)\).
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Physics is a science discipline concerned with the nature and properties of matter and energy. Physics topics include mechanics, heat, light and radiation, sound, electricity, magnetism, the structure of atoms, and so on.

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Discover the principles and operations of scalars and vectors such as graphical and algebraic techniques of vector addition, finding magnitude with Pythagoras theorem, and resultant force on a submarine.


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