Chapter 3. Finding vector components from vector magnitude and direction (3-1)

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{"title":"x component of the vector A","description":"Correct!","type":"correct","color":"#99CCFF","code":"[{\"shape\":\"rect\",\"coords\":\"33,0,53,21\"}]"} {"title":"magnitude of the A vector","description":"Wrong","type":"incorrect","color":"#ffcc00","code":"[{\"shape\":\"rect\",\"coords\":\"71,54,71,65\"},{\"shape\":\"rect\",\"coords\":\"69,0,94,21\"},{\"shape\":\"rect\",\"coords\":\"236,1,251,20\"}]"} {"title":"y component of the vector A","description":"Incorrect","type":"incorrect","color":"#333300","code":"[{\"shape\":\"rect\",\"coords\":\"189,2,216,23\"}]"} {"title":"angle of the vector A when measured from the positive x axis","description":"Incorrect","type":"incorrect","color":"#000080","code":"[{\"shape\":\"rect\",\"coords\":\"277,2,300,23\"},{\"shape\":\"rect\",\"coords\":\"122,1,145,22\"}]"}

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{"title":"x component of the vector A","description":"Incorrect","type":"incorrect","color":"#99CCFF","code":"[{\"shape\":\"rect\",\"coords\":\"33,0,53,21\"}]"} {"title":"magnitude of the A vector","description":"Correct!","type":"correct","color":"#ffcc00","code":"[{\"shape\":\"rect\",\"coords\":\"71,54,71,65\"},{\"shape\":\"rect\",\"coords\":\"69,0,94,21\"},{\"shape\":\"rect\",\"coords\":\"236,1,251,20\"}]"} {"title":"y component of the vector A","description":"Incorrect","type":"incorrect","color":"#333300","code":"[{\"shape\":\"rect\",\"coords\":\"189,2,216,23\"}]"} {"title":"angle of the vector A when measured from the positive x axis","description":"Incorrect","type":"incorrect","color":"#000080","code":"[{\"shape\":\"rect\",\"coords\":\"277,2,300,23\"},{\"shape\":\"rect\",\"coords\":\"122,1,145,22\"}]"}

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{"title":"x component of the vector A","description":"Incorrect","type":"incorrect","color":"#99CCFF","code":"[{\"shape\":\"rect\",\"coords\":\"33,0,53,21\"}]"} {"title":"magnitude of the A vector","description":"Incorrect","type":"incorrect","color":"#ffcc00","code":"[{\"shape\":\"rect\",\"coords\":\"71,54,71,65\"},{\"shape\":\"rect\",\"coords\":\"69,0,94,21\"},{\"shape\":\"rect\",\"coords\":\"236,1,251,20\"}]"} {"title":"y component of the vector A","description":"Correct!","type":"correct","color":"#333300","code":"[{\"shape\":\"rect\",\"coords\":\"189,2,216,23\"}]"} {"title":"angle of the vector A when measured from the positive x axis","description":"Incorrect","type":"incorrect","color":"#000080","code":"[{\"shape\":\"rect\",\"coords\":\"277,2,300,23\"},{\"shape\":\"rect\",\"coords\":\"122,1,145,22\"}]"}

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{"title":"x component of the vector A","description":"Incorrect","type":"incorrect","color":"#99CCFF","code":"[{\"shape\":\"rect\",\"coords\":\"33,0,53,21\"}]"} {"title":"magnitude of the A vector","description":"Incorrect","type":"incorrect","color":"#ffcc00","code":"[{\"shape\":\"rect\",\"coords\":\"71,54,71,65\"},{\"shape\":\"rect\",\"coords\":\"69,0,94,21\"},{\"shape\":\"rect\",\"coords\":\"236,1,251,20\"}]"} {"title":"y component of the vector A","description":"Incorrect","type":"incorrect","color":"#333300","code":"[{\"shape\":\"rect\",\"coords\":\"189,2,216,23\"}]"} {"title":"angle of the vector A when measured from the positive x axis","description":"Correct!","type":"correct","color":"#000080","code":"[{\"shape\":\"rect\",\"coords\":\"277,2,300,23\"},{\"shape\":\"rect\",\"coords\":\"122,1,145,22\"}]"}

Review

Once you have stated the \(x\) component and \(y\) component of a vector, you have defined the vector completely. So you can describe a vector such as \(\vec{A}\) in terms of either (1) its magnitude \(A\) and the angle \(\theta\) or (2) its components \(A_x\) and \(A_y\).