Friday, June 29, 20071. Decide first the scale of given measurement to be use.
2. Then, start graphing the 1st vector with its origin and head, and label it.
3. Then, start graphing the 2nd vector at the head of the 1st vector.
4. If there is more than two given vectors just follow the head-tail pattern in graphing it.
5. Then, connect the origin of the 1st vector to the hed of the last vector. That line is now the resultant vector.
6. Then, using a ruler measure the length of the resultant vector. Using the scale, convert the length to its original unit. That length of the resultant vector will be the magnitude.
7. Using a protractor, measure the angle form, then this angle will be the direction of the resultant vector.
It may be simple yet COMPLICATED.
posted by elaine ROSE at 4:04 AM