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Created on: 22-10-17 13:52

What is a Vector Quantity?

A vector quantity has magnitude (size) and direction.

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What is a Scalar Quantity?

A Scalar quantity has no direction, it is an amount of something.

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What does Velocity mean?

The rate of change of displacement

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What does finding the resultant mean?

Finding the resultant means adding two or more vectors together.

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How do you find resultant vectors by using scale diagrams?

You can find the resultant vector of two vectors by drawing a scale drawing of them 'tip to tail' (if they're not already) then measuring the length and angle of the resultant vector on the diagram.

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How do you resolve vectors into components?

Resolving vectors is the opposite of finding the resultant-you start from the resultant vector and split it into two components at right angles to each other.

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