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Title Level

Use the properties of vectors to solve physical problems 5 Credits 2

Purpose

People credited with this unit standard are able to: use basic properties of vectors to solve problems; calculate and interpret the dot product and cross products of 2 vectors to solve problems; calculate and interpret triple products in solving problems; and calculate and interpret derivatives of vectors to solve problems.

Classification

Mathematics > Algebra

Available grade Explanatory notes 1

Achieved

For outcome 1, basic properties must include: unit vectors; magnitude; vector addition, subtraction, multiplication by scalar quantities; direction cosines; and i, j, k notation. For outcome 2, problems include: projections, angle between two vectors; equations of planes; normals to planes; work done; applications to electromagnetism; areas of parallelograms. For outcome 3, triple products must include both a x b x c and a.(b x c). Applications may include electromagnetism and volume of a parallelepiped. For outcome 4 problems include: relations between position, velocity and acceleration vectors; tangents and normals to curves in two dimensions expressed in parametric form.

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Outcomes and evidence requirements

Outcome 1 Use basic properties of vectors to solve problems. Evidence requirements 1.1 1.2 Properties which enable the problem to be solved are used. The solution is consistent with the problem.

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Calculate and interpret the dot product and cross product of 2 vectors to solve problems. Evidence requirements 2.1 2.2 Method chosen is appropriate to the problem. Solution and interpretation are consistent with the problem.

Outcome 3 Calculate and interpret triple products in solving problems. Evidence requirements 3.1 Solution and interpretation are consistent with the problem.

Outcome 4 Calculate and interpret derivatives of vectors to solve problems. Evidence requirements 4.1 Solution and interpretation are consistent with the problem.

This unit standard is expiring. Assessment against the standard must take place by the last date for assessment set out below. Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions Process Version Date Last Date for Assessment Registration Revision Revision Revision Rollover Review 1 2 3 4 5 6 29 August 1997 10 February 1998 8 February 2001 11 June 2004 19 March 2010 21 January 2011 31 December 2013 31 December 2013 31 December 2013 31 December 2013 31 December 2013 31 December 2013

Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference 0153 This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do. Please note Providers must be granted consent to assess against standards (accredited) by NZQA, or an inter-institutional body with delegated authority for quality assurance, before they can report credits from assessment against unit standards or deliver courses of study leading to that assessment.
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Industry Training Organisations must be granted consent to assess against standards by NZQA before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards. Providers and Industry Training Organisations, which have been granted consent and which are assessing against unit standards must engage with the moderation system that applies to those standards. Consent requirements and an outline of the moderation system that applies to this standard are outlined in the Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP). The AMAP also includes useful information about special requirements for organisations wishing to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for tutors and assessors, and special resource requirements.

NZQA National Qualifications Services SSB Code 130301

New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2012