Lesson: Finding the Components of a Vector Physics • First Year of Secondary School

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In this lesson, we will learn how to find the x- and y-components of a vector given its magnitude and the angle between the vector and one of the axes.

Lesson Plan

Students will be able to

use ij notation to represent the components of a vector,
work out what the - and -components of a vector are from a graphical representation of the vector on a grid,
use trigonometry to work out an unknown component of a vector or the length of a vector.