L.C. MATHS

Weekly Grinds

Overview
Duration: 2 weeks
Learning Objectives
• The difference between a scalar and a vector
• What a vector represents
• The purpose of units
• The units of the metric system
• The benefits of prefixes
• How to represent a vector using an arrow
• How $$x$$-$$y$$ axes help represent an arbitrary vector
• How to write a vector in polar form
• How to add vectors using the Triangle Law
• How to multiply a vector by a scalar
• How to multiply two vectors using the dot product
• What unit vectors are
• How to write a vector in component form
• How to convert a vector in component form to one in polar form
• How to convert a vector in polar form to one in component form
• How to add and multiply vectors in component form
Prerequisites
• How to manipulate algebra
• Pythagoras' Theorem
• Sine, cosine and tangent
Keywords
• scalar
• vector
• unit
• prefix
• magnitude
• axis
• polar form
• resultant vector
• Triangle Law
• parallel
• perpendicular
• dot product
• decompose
• component
• unit vector