Mechanics Flashcards
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Vector
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A physical quantity having magnitude and direction e.g displacement,velocity, acceleration and a force
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Scalar
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A physical quantity having magnitude e.g.time,mass, speed, temperature and distance
3
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Resultant vector
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The vector sum of two or more vectors or a single vector having the same effect as two or more vectors together
4
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Closed vector diagram
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A set of vectors drawn on the Cartesian using the tail to head method and that has a resultant with a magnitude of zero
