The Physics Classroom: Vector Direction

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written by Tom Henderson

This page describes how to specify the direction of a vector. It contains a text description and an animation of an arrow turning counterclockwise that displays the degree that it is at. There are links at the bottom of the page for similar animations.

This tutorial is part of The Physics Classroom. This web site also includes interactive tools to help students with concepts and problem solving, worksheets for student assignments, and recommendations for simple introductory laboratories.

http://www.physicsclassroom.com/mmedia/vectors/vd.cfm

Subjects	Levels	Resource Types
Classical Mechanics - Motion in Two Dimensions = Position & Displacement	- High School - Lower Undergraduate	- Instructional Material = Tutorial - Audio/Visual = Movie/Animation

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Access Rights:: Free access
Restriction:: © 1996
Keywords:: vector direction, vectors
Record Cloner:: Metadata instance created July 1, 2010 by Shane Allison
Record Updated:: July 1, 2010 by Shane Allison

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