SI units, scalars and vectors
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- Scalar: have magnitude only
- e.g. 100kg
- Vector: have both magnitude and a direction
- e.g. 100N at 40 degrees from North
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- Vectors can be combined by placing the start of one at the end of the other.
- The final vector is calculated using Pythagoras/Trigonometry
- Trigonometry is SOHCAHTOA
- Caption: Pythagoras
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- Splitting one vector into two by drawing or calculation
- Caption: Resolving vectors by calculation
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- The main SI units and a description
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- Ezra Dorland · Sep 2017
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- Sep 9, 2017
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