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Vector Algebra
Vector Algebra
Vector Addition
Vector Subtraction
Dot (or Scalar) Product
Cross (or Vector) Product
Scalar Triple Product
Vector Triple Product
Components of a Vector
Vector Addition
Parallelogram Rule
Head – to – Tail Rule
Vector Addition
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Distance Vector
Dot Product
It obeys
Commutative law
Distributive law
Cross Product
Direction of A B and an using (a) the right-hand rule and
(b) the right-handed-screw rule.
Cross Product
Basic Properties of Cross Product
It is not commutative
It is anticommutative
It is not associative
It is distributive
Scalar Triple Product
Vector Triple Product
Components of a Vector