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Physclips: Vectors
published by the University of New South Wales
written by Joe Wolfe
This website provides an introduction to vectors.  It includes topics such as magnitude and direction, components, unit vectors, vectors in three dimensions, vector addition and subtraction, and scalar and vector products.  Animations, still images, graphs, and diagrams are used to illustrate important concepts.  

This tutorial is part of the PhysClips collection of web-based resources on introductory mechanics, electricity, and magnetism.
https://www.animations.physics.unsw.edu.au/jw/vectors.htm
Subjects Levels Resource Types
Mathematical Tools
- Vector Algebra
- High School
- Lower Undergraduate
- Informal Education
- Instructional Material
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- Audio/Visual
= Image/Image Set
= Movie/Animation
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- Learners
- Educators
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Access Rights: Free access
Restriction: © 2006 School of Physics, University of New South Wales, Australia
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 Australia License.
Keywords: film clips, magnitude, scalar product, tutorial, unit vector, vector, vector addition, vector product, vector subtraction
Record Cloner: Metadata instance created January 18, 2009 by Alea Smith
Record Updated: Mar 10, 2010 by Lyle Barbato
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AIP Format
J. Wolfe, (University of New South Wales, Sydney, 2006), WWW Document, (https://www.animations.physics.unsw.edu.au/jw/vectors.htm).
AJP/PRST-PER
J. Wolfe, Physclips: Vectors (University of New South Wales, Sydney, 2006), <https://www.animations.physics.unsw.edu.au/jw/vectors.htm>.
APA Format
Wolfe, J. (2008, August 31). Physclips: Vectors. Retrieved March 26, 2025, from University of New South Wales: https://www.animations.physics.unsw.edu.au/jw/vectors.htm
Chicago Format
Wolfe, Joe. Physclips: Vectors. Sydney: University of New South Wales, August 31, 2008. https://www.animations.physics.unsw.edu.au/jw/vectors.htm (accessed 26 March 2025).
MLA Format
Wolfe, Joe. Physclips: Vectors. Sydney: University of New South Wales, 2006. 31 Aug. 2008. 26 Mar. 2025 <https://www.animations.physics.unsw.edu.au/jw/vectors.htm>.
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@misc{ Author = "Joe Wolfe", Title = {Physclips: Vectors}, Publisher = {University of New South Wales}, Volume = {2025}, Number = {26 March 2025}, Month = {August 31, 2008}, Year = {2006} }
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