Vector Can Be Added, Subtracted and Multiplied
Vector Can Be Added, Subtracted and Multiplied
direction
*Vector is symbolyzed by the shape of an arrow
-B
A
D
A + (-B) = D
A–B =D
Vector Addition
1. PARALLELOGRAM METHOD
2. COSINE METHOD
3. POLYGON METHOD
4. ANALYTIC METHOD
PARALLELOGRAM METHOD
1. Make the
parallelogram shape
by draw the vectors A
again in same size
and direction
B
PARALLELOGRAM METHOD
1. Make the
parallelogram shape
by draw the vectors A
again in same size
and direction
B
PARALLELOGRAM METHOD
1. Make the
parallelogram shape
by draw the vectors A
again in same size
and direction
B
PARALLELOGRAM METHOD
1. Make the
parallelogram shape
by draw the vectors A
again in same size R
and direction
2.The vector sum is
the line that connect
B
the central point to
the its front corner
COSINE METHOD
B
COSINE METHOD
2. The direction is
Sin β = A . Sin α / R
α β
B
POLYGON METHOD
(for more than 2 vectors)
1.Connect all the
vectors orderly from
initialpoint to endpoint
of each vector A
B
POLYGON METHOD
(for more than 2 vector)
1.Connect all the
vectors orderly from
initialpoint to endpoint
of each vector A
C B
POLYGON METHOD
(for more than 2 vector)
1.Connect all the
vectors orderly from
initialpoint to endpoint
of each vector A C
B
POLYGON METHOD
(for more than 2 vector)
1.Connect all the
vectors orderly from
initialpoint to endpoint
of each vector A C
R B
2. The resultant is the
line that connecting
from initialpoint to
endpoint
ANALYTIC METHOD
B
ANALYTIC METHOD
B
ANALYTIC METHOD
B
ANALYTIC METHOD
B
ANALYTIC METHOD
B
ANALYTIC METHOD
B
ANALYTIC METHOD
B
ANALYTIC METHOD
B
ANALYTIC METHOD
B
ANALYTIC METHOD
B
ANALYTIC METHOD
B
ANALYTIC METHOD
B
ANALYTIC METHOD
A AX AY
B BX -BY A
B
C -CX CY
C
R RX RY
ANALYTIC METHOD
X-AXIS Y-AXIS
A AX AY
B BX -BY
C -CX CY
R RX RY
4. Based on RX and RY calculate the vector sum
using formula: R = √ RX 2 + RY2
300 600
300
F3
Polygon method
F2
600
F1 300
F3
300
Polygon method
F2
600 F1
300
300 F3
Polygon method
F2
300
F3
600 F1
300
Polygon method
F2
300
F3
600 F1
300
Analytic method
F2
F1
600 300
300
F3