Question

How do vectors work?

Answer 1

Explanation:

1. In physics, vectors are lines used to represent quantities like force, velocity, acceleration, etc. that have both a magnitude and a direction.
2. For instance, if an object is subject to more than one vector force, the sum of all the vectors with both magnitude and direction makes up the resulting vector.
3. And also Vectors are lines that represent both magnitude and direction.
4. The length of the vector is drawn to scale, to communicate the size of the measurement; the head of the arrow points in the direction in which the measurement is traveling.
5. Vectors can be used in a number of ways. Most commonly, they are used to represent the displacement or velocity of a moving object, but they can also be used to represent force.

Adding Vectors: Drawing a vector arrow for each quantity, then moving one of them such that they are joined tip to tail, is how you combine two vector quantities. Draw a final arrow from the beginning to the conclusion of the chain of vectors. It is frequently referred to as a resultant because this is what you get after adding the two vectors.

In this diagram, vector $A$ is added to vector $B$ to produce vector $C$, which represents the consequence as a whole:

Subtracting Vectors: Vector subtraction is pretty close to this. You take your two vectors and flip the one you're subtracting to add a vector. If this is vector A, then negative vector A, also known as minus vector A, appears as follows: