April 2025
Intermediate to advanced
616 pages
25h 43m
English
Vectors facilitate mathematical study of such physical quantities as possess direction in addition to magnitude. Velocity of a particle, for example, is one such quantity.
Physical quantities are broadly divided in two categories.
(a) Vector Quantities
(b) Scalar Quantities
Any quantity, such as velocity, momentum, or force, that has both magnitude and direction and for which vector addition is defined and meaningful is treated as vector quantities.
A quantity, such as mass, length, time, density or energy, that has size or magnitude but does not involve the concept of direction is called scalar quantity.
To understand vectors mathematically, ...
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