VECTORS
Additional real world Applications of Vectors
Intro to Vectors
Terms
Geometric Vectors
Scalars
Vectors
Equal Vectors
Opposite Vectors
Adding and subtracting Vectors
Zero Vectors
Triangle law of addition
Parallelogram law
Difference between vectors
Multiplication of vectors and scalars
Properties of vectors
Commutative property
Associative property of addition
distributive property of addition
Vectors in R2 and R3
Position Vectors
Points of vectors (X, Y) / (X, Y, Z)
Different planes in R3 such as the XY plane or the YZ plane or the XZ
Operations of vectors in R2
Addition using component form
Scalar multiplication using components
Operations of vectors in R3
Using Pythagorean theorem to define two points
Addition of vectors using a method such as the parallelogram law
Finding position vectors in R3
Linear combinations of vectors
vectors in the form a(scalar)i(vector + b(scalar)j(vector) in R2
vectors in the form a(scalar)i(vector + b(scalar)j(vector) + c(scalar)k(vector) in R2
Applications of Vectors
Forces and Vectors
Vectors can be expressed as forces and velocity
resultant and composition of forces yields combined force
Equilibrant of multiple forces
Dot Product
Angle x must be from 0 to 180 degrees
Vectors should be placed tail to tail
Tells us the amount of force applied in the direction of motion
Cross Product
Finds the orthogonal of the vectors
Multiple methods are available for you to find the cross product. Find which one works best for you!
Scalar and Vector projects
Projection of one vector onto another. You can think of it kind of like a shadow
Direction Angles
A real life application includes computer animation.
z
Calculating work done
dot product is used when installing solar panels
Finding torque
Equations of lines and planes
Vector and parametric equations of lines
To find equations of lines we must be given two distinct points/one point along with a direction vector
Symmetric Equations of lines in R3
Derived from parametric equations
Cartesian equations of lines
Written in the form: Ax + By + C = 0
Cartesian equations of planes
Written in the form: Ax + By + Cz + D = 0
need a point and a vector to derive the equation
Vector and parametric equations of a plane
Can be determined in 4 ways
These equations can allow us to obtain any point on the plane
Sketching Planes
Using a line and multiple points we can come up with the equation of a plane