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    madcow043 Posts: 3, Reputation: 1
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    Feb 19, 2008, 03:30 PM
    Adding vectors?
    How do u graphically RESOLVE vectors into their componenets??

    The test question had a graph and an arrow going out in a north-east direction ( E 35 N )
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    Feb 19, 2008, 04:33 PM
    the y component is simply the amount that the vector moves in the y direction, the x component is the amount that the vector moves in the x direction.

    You can draw a triangle by using the vector as the hypotenuse, and the other 2 sides are in the x and y directions. The 2 lines you used are the x and y components.
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