UNIT+1+--+KINEMATICS+--+VECTOR+ADDITION

Kinematics involves the study of motion. Inherent in the study of motion is the application of vector quantities. We will review how to add colinear and non- colinear vectors, the application of trigonometry to vector addition, and the resolving of vectors into vector components to simplify complex vector addition situations.

The links that appear below will direct you to some of the simple vector concepts that we have discussed. These links use the counterclockwise method for indicating the vector direction (ignore this method -- think of the way in which we described the direction in class; the result should be intuitive). [|Vector Directions] [|Vector Addition] [|Order of Vector Addition Does Not Matter] These links, from the same site, review the concept of the "component of a vector" and how to "resolve a vector" into its components. [|Vector Components] [|Resolving A Vector Into Its Components]
 * Assignment || Assignment Solutions ||
 * [|WORKSHEET -- VECTORS.pdf] || [|WS-VECTORS.pdf] ||
 * [|WORKSHEET_COLINEAR VECTORS.pdf] || [|WS_COLINEAR VECTOR ADDITION.pdf] ||
 * [|HANDOUT_TRIG.pdf] ||  ||
 * [|WORKSHEET_TRIGONOMETRY.pdf] ||  ||
 * [|WORKSHEET_PYTH_TRIG.pdf] || [|WS_PYTH_TRIG.pdf] ||
 * [|WORKSHEET_PRACTISING TRIG FUNCTIONS.pdf] || [|WS_PRACTISING TRIG FUNCTIONS.pdf] ||
 * [|WORKSHEET_MORE TRIG PRACTICE.pdf] || [|WS_MORE TRIG PRACTICE.pdf] ||
 * [|WORKSHEET_Practice Makes Perfect_Displacement and Vector Components.pdf] || [|WS_Practice Makes Perfect_Displacement and Vector Components.pdf] ||