OBJECTIVE: Find the magnitude and direction of a vector in - and -dimensions.

9/14/22
vector directed line segment with directed and magnitude
magnitude length of a vector
column form ⃗
𝐴𝐵=
3
(5 )
component form ⃗
𝐴𝐵=3 𝐢+5 𝐣
resultant vector
base vectors
position vectors

parallel vectors 𝑘𝐚=𝐛

Ex : is the point with coordinates and is the point .
a. Find the vector . A ship moves from the point to a point andb. Find the vectors
then onto point . and .
 OBJECTIVE: Find the magnitude and direction of a vector in - and -dimensions. 9/14/22

c. Write down an equation d. Verify your answer is true for the

linking , , and . values obtained in part a and b.

Ex : is the point with coordinates and is the point .

a. Find the vector . A ship moves from the point to a point andb. Find the vectors
then onto point . and .
 OBJECTIVE: Find the magnitude and direction of a vector in - and -dimensions. 9/14/22

c. Write down an equation d. Verify your answer is true for the

linking , , and . values obtained in part a and b.

From point the ship moves on to the point where .

e. Find the vector .
f. Find the coordinates of .
 OBJECTIVE: Find the magnitude and direction of a vector in - and -dimensions. 9/14/22
|⃗
𝐴𝐵|=
|( )|
3
4
Ex : Write the following displacement as a column vector
and in component form: m on a bearing of .
¿√3 +4
2 2
base vectors
¿5
4
tan 𝛼=
3
𝛼=53.1°
From point the ship moves on to the point where .
e. Find the vector .
f. Find the coordinates of .
 OBJECTIVE: Find the magnitude and direction of a vector in - and -dimensions. 9/14/22
|⃗
𝐴𝐵|=
|( )|
3
4
Ex : Write the following displacement as a column vector
and in component form: m on a bearing of .
¿√3 +4
2 2
base vectors
¿5
4
tan 𝛼=
3
𝛼=53.1°
Ex : Let be the point with coordinates and be the point with
coordinates and let be the origin.
a. Show on a sketch the points , , and b. Write down the position vector of .
and the vectors , , and .
 OBJECTIVE: Find the magnitude and direction of a vector in - and -dimensions. 9/14/22
c. Find the distance of d. Find the vector . e. Find .
from the origin .

f. Find the vector that is parallel

to but twice the magnitude.

Ex : Let be the point with coordinates and be the point with

coordinates and let be the origin.
a. Show on a sketch the points , , and b. Write down the position vector of .
and the vectors , , and .
 OBJECTIVE: Find the magnitude and direction of a vector in - and -dimensions. 9/14/22
c. Find the distance of d. Find the vector . e. Find .
from the origin .

f. Find the vector that is parallel

to but twice the magnitude.

Ex : Let be the point with coordinates and be the point with

coordinates and let be the origin.
a. Show on a sketch the points , , and
and the vectors , , and .