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1 Thanks for straightening that up!!
VECTORS

2 “a” is called the horizontal component
An ALGEBRAIC VECTOR in the Cartesian plane is defined by a couple (a,b). These are the components of a vector. Move a units, horizontally “a” is called the horizontal component “b” is called the vertical component Move b units, vertically The zero vector is defined by (0,0)

3 Given the components, you can easily draw the vector from any given point…most easily from the origin

4 A vector with the components (9,-2), has an orientation of how much?
Use trig.

5 Determine the components of a vector given 2 endpoints
Given two points A (xA,yA) and B(xB,yB ), the vector BA has components:

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7 u and v are equal if and only if the corresponding components of the two vectors are equal.

8 To calculate the norm of an algebraic vector:

9 Given Some basic principles of vector addition and subtraction and multiplication by a scalar

10 For example:

11 Adding opposite vectors gives the zero vector

12 Note the difference between the following:
This is a vector This is a point

13 Norm and Orientation of the sum vector
Use TRIG to get the components of any vectors


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