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Resolving Vectors into two Components.

Vectors can be resolved or separated into their vertical or horizontal components

or any two components at right angles to each other.

using trigonometry and the fact that the resultant vector is the hypotenuse and the components are the opposite and adjacent sides to the angle θ.

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Specification: OCR Physics A (H156), AS-level, 2.3.1 Scalars and vectors. Topic: Quantities and Units.

resultant: The single force or vector that has the same effect as two or more forces or vectors acting together.