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    This document discusses vectors and their properties, including addition, subtraction, unit vectors, and resolving vectors into components. It also covers position vectors, velocity, acceleration, and projectile motion. Key concepts covered include the head-to-tail and parallelogram methods for vector addition, the commutative and associative properties of vector addition, and equations for average and instantaneous velocity, acceleration, projectile path, maximum height, and time to maximum height.

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    This document discusses vectors and their properties, including addition, subtraction, unit vectors, and resolving vectors into components. It also covers position vectors, velocity, acceleration, and projectile motion. Key concepts covered include the head-to-tail and parallelogram methods for vector addition, the commutative and associative properties of vector addition, and equations for average and instantaneous velocity, acceleration, projectile path, maximum height, and time to maximum height.

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    4.

    Motion in a plane

    Vectors
    Equal vectors have the same magnitude and direction.

    Addition of vectors
    Head – to –tail /triangle method

    Parallelogram method

    Vector addition follows commutative and associative laws.


    A + B = B + A [Commutative]
    (A + B ) + C = A + (B+C) [Associative]

    Null vector has zero magnitude.


    Subtraction of vector:
       
    a b a ( b)

    Unit vector
    Unit vector is a vector of unit magnitude along the direction of the vector.

    a 
    nˆ a nˆ a
    a

    In 2-D vector, a can be expressed as

    a axiˆ ay ˆj

    If a makes angle with x axis, then
    ax = a cos and ay = a sin
    ay
    a a ax2 a y2 , tan
    ax
    The same process is used to resolve a vector into three components along x-axis, y-axis,
    and z-axis.

    Resultant of two vectors


      
    R a b
      
    R a bR
    2 2
    a b 2 a b cos (Law of cosines)
    Whereas law of sines is given as,
    r a b
    sin sin sin

    Position vector
    The position vector is expressed as
    r̂ xiˆ yjˆ zkˆ
      
    r r r
    x x iˆ y y ˆj z z kˆ
    xiˆ yjˆ zkˆ

    Velocity

     r
    Average velocity, v
    t 
     dr
    Instantaneous velocity, v vxiˆ v y ˆj vz kˆ
    dt
    dx dy dz
    Where, vx , vy , vz
    dt dt  dt 
     v v v
    Average acceleration, a
    t  t
     dv
    Instantaneous acceleration, a axiˆ a y ˆj az kˆ
    dt
    dvx dvy dvz
    Where, ax , ay , az
    dt dt dt

    Acceleration

    a a a2x a2 y
       1 2
    r r0 v0t at
    2
      
    v v0 at

    Projectile motion
    x = (v0 cos ) t
    1
    y = (v0 sin ) t - gt2
    2
    vx = v0 cos 0
    vy = v0 sin 0 –gt

    Equation of parabolic projectile path


    gx 2
    y tan 0 x 2
    2 v0 cos 0
    2
    v sin
    Maximum height of projectile, hm = 0 0

    2g
    v sin
    Time taken to reach max height, tm = 0 0

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