Adding Perpendicular Vectors.
If two vector quantities act from the same point and are perpendicular to each other,
there are two ways to add them and find the resultant of the two vectors.
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Key terms in this lesson
- vector quantity
- A quantity that has both magnitude and direction.
More in Quantities and Units
- SI Base Units.
- Prefixes.
- Derived Quantities and Units.
- Scalar Quantities.
- Vector Quantities.
- Resolving Vectors into two Components.
- Adding Non-Perpendicular Vectors
- Subtracting Vectors
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