The effect of the wind upon the plane is similar to the effect of the…

To illustrate this principle, consider a plane flying amidst a tailwind. A tailwind is merely a…

On occasion objects move within a medium that is moving with respect to an observer.…

Now we will consider situations in which the two (or more) vectors that are being…

The above discussion explains the method for determining the magnitude of the resultant for three…

As our first example, consider the following vector addition problem:Example 1: A student drives his…

Earlier in this lesson, we learned that vectors oriented at right angles to one another…

The trigonometric method of vector resolution involves using trigonometric functions to determine the components of…

The parallelogram method of vector resolution involves using an accurately drawn, scaled vector diagram to…

As mentioned earlier in this lesson, any vector directed at an angle to the horizontal (or…