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When going over my notes on the lorentz electromagnetic force in my physics 3 electromagnetism class got a bit puzzled by one statement that seems just to be taken for granted. Could anyone help me and tell me why x1i =r1 -y1j on page 5 on http://www.physics.gla.ac.uk/~dland/ELMAG305/Elmag305txt1.pdf where frame 1 is the stationary frame and 2 the frame moving with velocity v to the right of frame 1
If its just by using pythagorus wouldn't the above quantities (x,y and r) be to the second power. i just can't get my head around this and realize its probably something really straight forward. any help would be much appreciated.
If its just by using pythagorus wouldn't the above quantities (x,y and r) be to the second power. i just can't get my head around this and realize its probably something really straight forward. any help would be much appreciated.
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