Modular Approach to Physics: Breaking a Vector into Components

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written by David Austin and Brian Martin

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This animation shows how a vector can be broken into components. Step by step, the animation draws the vector, draws axes, determines the projections onto the axes, and gives the component vectors.

This item is part of a larger collection of simulation based physics modules sponsored by the MAP project (Modular Approach to Physics).

http://canu.ucalgary.ca/map/content/vectors/vectcomp/explain/apple...

Subjects	Levels	Resource Types
Mathematical Tools - Vector Algebra Other Sciences - Mathematics	- Lower Undergraduate - High School	- Instructional Material = Curriculum support = Interactive Simulation - Audio/Visual = Movie/Animation

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Access Rights:: Free access
Restriction:: © 2001 University of Calgary
Keywords:: components, projection, resolution of vectors, trigonometry for physics, vector additiion, vectors
Record Cloner:: Metadata instance created May 23, 2008 by Christopher Allen
Record Updated:: March 6, 2011 by Taha Mzoughi
Last Update when Cataloged:: September 10, 2002
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Author: Bruce, ComPADRE Dir
Posted: May 24, 2008 at 10:55AM
Source: The PSRC collection

This is a simple animation of finding the components of one vector. It does not include instructions.

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<a href="https://www.compadre.org/portal/items/detail.cfm?ID=7250">Austin, David, and Brian Martin. Modular Approach to Physics: Breaking a Vector into Components. Calgary: University of Calgary, September 10, 2002.</a>

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D. Austin and B. Martin, (University of Calgary, Calgary, 2001), WWW Document, (http://canu.ucalgary.ca/map/content/vectors/vectcomp/explain/applet3.html).

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D. Austin and B. Martin, Modular Approach to Physics: Breaking a Vector into Components (University of Calgary, Calgary, 2001), <http://canu.ucalgary.ca/map/content/vectors/vectcomp/explain/applet3.html>.

APA Format

Austin, D., & Martin, B. (2002, September 10). Modular Approach to Physics: Breaking a Vector into Components. Retrieved April 24, 2024, from University of Calgary: http://canu.ucalgary.ca/map/content/vectors/vectcomp/explain/applet3.html

Chicago Format

Austin, David, and Brian Martin. Modular Approach to Physics: Breaking a Vector into Components. Calgary: University of Calgary, September 10, 2002. http://canu.ucalgary.ca/map/content/vectors/vectcomp/explain/applet3.html (accessed 24 April 2024).

MLA Format

Austin, David, and Brian Martin. Modular Approach to Physics: Breaking a Vector into Components. Calgary: University of Calgary, 2001. 10 Sep. 2002. 24 Apr. 2024 <http://canu.ucalgary.ca/map/content/vectors/vectcomp/explain/applet3.html>.

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