Vector Addition Model

APS Excellence in Physics Education Award
November 2019

Science SPORE Prize
November 2011

The Open Source Physics Project is supported by NSF DUE-0442581.

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Vector Addition Model

written by Andrew Duffy
supported by the National Science Foundation

The Vector Addition model allows the user to practice vector addition of two vectors in two dimensions. You are given the magnitude and direction of the two vectors, and your goal is to fill in the nine values in the table (showing the x-component, y-component, and length) of the two vectors, and the resultant vector that is the sum of the first two vectors.

The Vector Addition was created using the Easy Java Simulations (EJS) modeling tool. It is distributed as a ready-to-run (compiled) Java archive. Double clicking the ejs_bu_vector_addition.jar file will run the program if Java is installed.

Please note that this resource requires at least version 1.5 of Java (JRE).

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Last Modified: June 13, 2014
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Subjects	Levels	Resource Types
Classical Mechanics - Newton's Second Law = Force, Acceleration Mathematical Tools - Algebra - Vector Algebra	- Lower Undergraduate - High School - Upper Undergraduate	- Instructional Material = Interactive Simulation - Audio/Visual = Movie/Animation

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Mirror:: http://physics.bu.edu/~duffy/Ejs/…
Access Rights:: Free access
License:: This material is released under a GNU General Public License Version 3 license.
Rights Holder:: Andrew Duffy, Boston University
Keywords:: EJS, Easy Java Simulations, addition, components, force, resultant, vector, vector simulation, vectors
Record Cloner:: Metadata instance created April 25, 2010 by Mario Belloni
Record Updated:: June 13, 2014 by Andreu Glasmann
Last Update when Cataloged:: April 16, 2010
Other Collections:: The Physics Front

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Vector Addition Model:

Is Based On Easy Java Simulations Modeling and Authoring Tool

The Easy Java Simulations Modeling and Authoring Tool is needed to explore the computational model used in the Vector Addition Model.

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