Looks mostly right, but your parenthesis is misplaced slightly in the first quoted equation above. It should be (c+d)/2 = achardy87 said:
Oh, I see now. They are asking for the "magnitude" of each vector, not the components of the vector. Do you know how to get the magnitude and direction of a vector in polar coordinates given the components in rectangular coordinates?chardy87 said:
It should be in your textbook or the study materials for this problem set.chardy87 said:
chardy87 said:
Kinematics is the branch of physics that studies the motion of objects without considering the forces that cause the motion. It involves the use of mathematical equations and graphs to describe the position, velocity, and acceleration of an object over time.
In kinematics, vectors can be added using the vector addition or parallelogram method. This involves placing the vectors tip-to-tail, drawing a parallelogram, and finding the resultant vector from the diagonal of the parallelogram.
Yes, vectors can be subtracted in kinematics using the same methods as adding vectors. However, when subtracting, the direction of the vector being subtracted must be reversed before adding it to the other vector.
The magnitude of a vector in kinematics can be found using the Pythagorean theorem. This involves squaring the x-component and y-component of the vector, adding them together, and taking the square root of the sum.
Scalar quantities only have magnitude and no direction, while vector quantities have both magnitude and direction. In kinematics, examples of scalar quantities include distance and speed, while examples of vector quantities include displacement and velocity.