Showing posts with label Parallelogram. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Parallelogram. Show all posts

Friday, November 13, 2009

Vector Exercises

Yesterday we just had a work class. We worked on the exercises 1-4 some more.
Here are some pointers:
For the triangle method, the tail is stacked onto the head of the previous vector.
For the parallelogram method, the tails are placed on the tail of the other vector.

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Parallelogram Method

Parallelogram-a 4 sided polygon with opposite sides parallel.
We use the parallelogram method when there are situations with simultaneous vector addition, NOT stacked/chronological order.
Steps:
1)Create V1 with the tail on the origin

2)Create V2 with the tail on the origin.
3)Create 2 parallel sides to make a parallelogram
4)Create the resultant vector starting from the tail of V1 and V2(the origin) to the intersection of the parallel sides