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Trigonometry

Vectors

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Units and Prefixes

A113 - 2023

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E114 - 2023

A107 - 2023

Operations

Magnitude

Representation

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Pythagoras Theorem

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Prefixes

000 [kilo]

1 000 000 [mega]

0.1 [deci]

0.01 [centi]

0.001 [milli]

The starting point of the vector is called its tail (or) the initial point of the vector.

vector operations, Extension of the laws of elementary algebra to vectors. They include addition, subtraction, and three types of multiplication. The sum of two vectors is a third vector, represented as the diagonal of the parallelogram constructed with the two original vectors as sides.

The magnitude of a vector A is the length of the vector A and is denoted by |A|

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The ending point of the vector is called its head (or) the terminal point of the vector.

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Derived

area [m2]

volume [m3]

velocity [m/s]

acceleration [m/s2]

force [kg.m/s2, N]