How do you find the component form of v given its magnitude 5/2 and the angle it makes with the positive x-axis is #theta=45^circ#?
1 Answer
Nov 20, 2017
Explanation:
If vector
This means that a component form vector will be of the form:
We now need to find a unit vector in the direction of
This is:
We will use
So unit vector in direction of
For the given magnitude of we multiply the vector by