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Andrew Duffy
This web page is an interactive physics problem on vector addition. The page explains the concept of breaking a vector into components and adding them together, and works through an example problem. The attached Java applet visualizes the problem.
This is part of a collection of similar simulation-based student activities.
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<a href="https://www.compadre.org/portal/items/detail.cfm?ID=7083">Duffy, Andrew. Boston University Physics Applets: Vector Addition - Component Method. March 28, 2008.</a>
AIP Format
A. Duffy, (2002), WWW Document, (http://physics.bu.edu/~duffy/semester1/c3_vadd_comp.html).
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A. Duffy, Boston University Physics Applets: Vector Addition - Component Method (2002), <http://physics.bu.edu/~duffy/semester1/c3_vadd_comp.html>.
APA Format
Duffy, A. (2008, March 28). Boston University Physics Applets: Vector Addition - Component Method. Retrieved May 1, 2025, from http://physics.bu.edu/~duffy/semester1/c3_vadd_comp.html
Chicago Format
Duffy, Andrew. Boston University Physics Applets: Vector Addition - Component Method. March 28, 2008. http://physics.bu.edu/~duffy/semester1/c3_vadd_comp.html (accessed 1 May 2025).
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Duffy, Andrew. Boston University Physics Applets: Vector Addition - Component Method. 2002. 28 Mar. 2008. 1 May 2025 <http://physics.bu.edu/~duffy/semester1/c3_vadd_comp.html>.
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Author = "Andrew Duffy",
Title = {Boston University Physics Applets: Vector Addition - Component Method},
Volume = {2025},
Number = {1 May 2025},
Month = {March 28, 2008},
Year = {2002}
}
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