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Video Discussion: Introduction to Vector Components

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Name: Introduction to Vector Components

Category: Kinematics

Date Added: 22 May 2014 - 04:39 PM

Submitter: Flipping Physics

Short Description: None Provided

Components of Vectors are an important piece to understand how vectors work. In this video we learn how to "break" or "resolve" vectors in to their component pieces.

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0:14 The example displacement vector d

0:44 Finding the y component of vector d

2:17 Finding the x component of vector d

3:18 What does it mean to be a component of a vector?

4:14 A common question about vector components

4:51 Showing mathematically that the vector components add up to the vector

6:48 Explaining how d in the x direction shows both magnitude and direction

7:57 The Review

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