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5 months agoContributor-Level 10
Vector resolution is important when analysing motion in two or three dimensions. It's used in vector addition and subtraction, projectile motion, and expressing velocity or acceleration using component form. Resolution with unit vectors also helps in applying kinematic equations to multidimensional problems.
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5 months agoContributor-Level 10
Vectors can be resolved generally into any two non-parallel directions. These are done more as rectangular components using unit vectors. The latter is most common in physics and engineering to represent them into Cartesian coordinates for simplified vector operations.
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5 months agoContributor-Level 10
Vector resolution is important to break complex motion into simpler, one-dimensional components. With it, we can simplify vector addition and analysis in 2D or 3D motion. Generally, we rely on perpendicular directions. That makes vector operations with displacement, velocity, and acceleration more manageable and accurate.
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5 months agoContributor-Level 10
Scalar multiplication requires one vector and one scalar. Dot product requires two vectors. That's the basic difference.
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5 months agoContributor-Level 10
Vectors are not just numbers like scalars that have only magnitude. Vectors have direction and magnitude, and multiplying two vectors or multiplying a vector by a real number would yield results as per rules of vector algebra.
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5 months agoContributor-Level 10
The three different ways of vector multiplication are
- Scalar Multiplication - This is multiplying a vector with a scalar quantity. This operation results in another vector.
- Dot Product - This is an operation that tells us that two vectors gives a scalar as a result.
- Cross Product - This is an operation, when two vectors are multiplied, yields a vector that is perpendicular to both.
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5 months agoBeginner-Level 5
Subject experts at Shiksha has designed these Class 12 CBSE Notes in concise and lucid language. We offer complete coverage of topics and subtopics of all chapters of class 12 physics. We have covered following Class 12 Physics Chapters and their subtopics.
Class 12 Physics Chapter 1 Electric Charges and Fields
Class 12 Physics Chapter 2 Electrostatic Potential and Capacitance
Class 12 Physics Chapter 3 Current Electricity
Class 12 Physics Chapter 4 Moving Charges and Magnetism
Class 12 Physics Chapter 5 Magnetism and Matter
Class 12 Physics Chapter 6 Electromagnetic Induction
Class 12 Physics Chapter 7 Alternating Current
Class 12 Physics Cha
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5 months agoBeginner-Level 5
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5 months agoContributor-Level 10
Newton's First Law is important because it explains the basic concept of a body in motion. The first law implies that an object does not change the state of uniform motion or its state of rest unless a force acts on them. It helps us understand why seat belts, brakes, and handrails are needed. It tells us that a body resists changes already in motion due to inertia, which could lead to accidents without support.
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