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PHY106 - Unit 1 Lesson 3

The document covers the fundamentals of vectors and scalar quantities in physics, defining scalars and vectors, and explaining their properties. It includes examples of vector operations such as magnitude, unit vector, sum, difference, dot product, and cross product. Additionally, it provides practical examples involving vector addition and displacement calculations.

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PHY106 - Unit 1 Lesson 3

The document covers the fundamentals of vectors and scalar quantities in physics, defining scalars and vectors, and explaining their properties. It includes examples of vector operations such as magnitude, unit vector, sum, difference, dot product, and cross product. Additionally, it provides practical examples involving vector addition and displacement calculations.

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PHYSICS FOR ENGINEERS

PHY 101
Vectors and Scalar Quantities
 A scalar quantities are temperature, volume, mass, speed, and time intervals.
 A vector quantity is completely specified by a number and appopriate units plus a direction.

VECTORS
Vectors is a phenomenon with independent qualities for both magnitude and direction. The term
also refers to a mathematical or geometrical representation.
For given two vectors:
A= B=

1. Magnitude of a Vector:
Vectors and Scalar Quantities
2. Unit Vector:

3. Sum of a Vector:
A+B=

4. Difference of a Vector:
A-B=
Vectors and Scalar Quantities
5. Dot Product:
A•B=
A • B = cos θ

6. Cross Product:
AxB=
EXAMPLE
1. Refer to the vectors A and B.
A= B=2

a.) Find the magnitude of vector A.

7.28

b.) Unit Vector of A.

A = 0.13i+0.51j+0.77k
EXAMPLE
1. Refer to the vectors A and B.
A= B=2

c.) Sum of vector A and B.


A+B=
A+B=3

b.) Difference of vector A and B.


A+B=
A+B=-
EXAMPLE
1. Refer to the vectors A and B.
A= B=2

c.) Dot product of A and B (A•B)


A•B=
A•B=
d.) Cross product of A and B.
AxB= =
AxB= 28i + 12j + 3k Note: All downward will be
positive sign
-18i+(-7j)+(-8k) All upward will be negative sign
10i + 5j – 5k
EXAMPLE
2.Find the sum of two vectors A and B lying in the xy plane and determine the
magnitude and direction of R given by:
A = (2i +2j) m and B = (2i-4j) m
EXAMPLE
2.Find the sum of two vectors A and B lying in the xy plane and determine the
magnitude and direction of R given by:
A = (2i +2j) m and B = (2i-4j) m
EXAMPLE
3. A particle undergoes three consecutive displacement:
d1 = (15i + 30j + 12k) cm
d2 = (23i - 14j - 5k) cm
d3 = (-13i + 15j) cm
Find the components of the resultant displacement and its magnitude.
Add the different displacement,
EXAMPLE
3. A particle undergoes three consecutive displacement:
d1 = (15i + 30j + 12k) cm
d2 = (23i - 14j - 5k) cm
d3 = (-13i + 15j) cm
Find the components of the resultant displacement and its magnitude.
Add the different displacement,

The magnitude of R is:

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