From chapter 3 Conceptual Physics by Paul G. Hewitt
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| Shows magnitude and direction | ||
| Shows direction only | ||
| Sum of two vectors | ||
| Straight-line | ||
| How much | ||
| Which way | ||
| Vectors have two | ||
| Process of determining components | ||
| Object shot into the air, have curved path | ||
| To fall feely | ||
| -9.81 m/sec2 | ||
| 1/2gt2 | ||
| Up | ||
| Across | ||
| Path of a projectile | ||
| Distance of a projectile | ||
| Circles the earth | ||
| Opposite/adjacent | ||
| Opposite/hypotenuse | ||
| Adjacent/hypotenuse | ||
| c2 = a2 + b2 | ||
| c2 = a2 + b2 - 2abcosine angle | ||
| Shape of trajectory | ||
| How vectors can be added | ||
| How to add vectors | ||
| Oops, I mean "Tail to Head" | ||
| Speed of light | ||
| Breaking a single vector into two components | ||
| Add the opposite vector | ||
| A way to add vectors | ||
| Where is your vector, Victor? | ||
| Has a 90 degree angle |
