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A scalar is a magnitude only (...I am driving at 60 miles per hour), while a vector is a magnitude and direction (...I am driving at 60 miles per hour, heading east).
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Who gave the concept of vectors and scalers?
William Rowan Hamilton, the Irish Genius.
Are scalers negative why?
Scalars are not always negative. The word scalar means that a value behaves like the numbers we are familiar with. You just add and subtract them. These are different than vectors, where you need to break them into scalars in order to add them first.
Can two vectors having different magnitudes be combined to give a zero resultant can three vectors?
Two vectors: no. Three vectors: yes.
Is it possible to combine two vectors of different magnitude to give a zero resultant if not can three vectors be combine?
Two vectors: no. Three vectors: yes.
Can two vectors having different magnitude be compined to give a zero resultant can three vector?
Two vectors, no; three vectors yes.
Can three vectors of different magnitude be combined to give a zero resultant and can three vectors?
Yes.
Is direction is important for equal vectors?
Equal vectors are vectors having same direction of action or orientation as well as same magnitude. If two or more vectors have same magnitude but different direction then they cannot be called equal vectors. This shows that direction is important for equal vectors.
Are all unit vectors equal?
No. Their magnitudes are equal (that's why they're "unit" vectors), but their directions are different.
What is an equivalent vector?
Two vectors having same magnitude but different direction are called equivalent vectors.
What is the term given to vectors that don't lie in a straight line but point in different directions?
Displacement Vectors
Can two vectors having different magnitude be combined to give a zero resultantis it possible for three vectors?
-- The minimum magnitude that can result from the combination of two vectors is the difference between their magnitudes. If their magnitudes are different, then they can't combine to produce zero. -- But three or more vectors with different magnitudes can combine to produce a zero magnitude.
Adding vectors that act in the opposite direction?
When two vectors with different magnitudes and opposite directions are added :-- The magnitude of the sum is the difference in the magnitudes of the two vectors.-- The direction of the sum is the direction of the larger of the two vectors.
