Guelph Physics Tutorials: Vectors

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published by the Department of Physics, University of Guelph

This website offers a tutorial on free body diagrams. The tutorial includes an introduction to free body diagrams, example problems, a series of self-paced questions, and a free body diagram java applet.

This is part of series of tutorials on physics and mathematics used in physics classes.

http://www.physics.uoguelph.ca/tutorials/vectors/vectors.html

Subjects	Levels	Resource Types
General Physics - Measurement/Units = Coordinates = Scaling Mathematical Tools - Vector Algebra Other Sciences - Mathematics	- High School - Lower Undergraduate	- Instructional Material = Problem/Problem Set = Tutorial

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Format:: text/html
Access Rights:: Free access
Restriction:: © 2006 Department of Physics, University of Guelph
Keywords:: TPT Websights, coordinates, direction, magnitude, measurement, notation, resolving a vector, scale, tutorial, vector addition, vector components, vector resolution, vectors
Record Cloner:: Metadata instance created July 31, 2008 by Christopher Bares
Record Updated:: June 1, 2011 by Lyle Barbato
Last Update when Cataloged:: March 29, 2006

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This resource is part of a Physics Front Topical Unit.

Topic: Kinematics: The Physics of Motion
Unit Title: Vectors

This award-winning web tutorial is a great choice for the crossover teacher who wants a refresher on vectors and their properties. Included is an introduction to free-body diagrams, example problems, a series of self-paced questions, and related interactive simulations.

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Department of Physics, University of Guelph. Guelph Physics Tutorials: Vectors. Guelph: Department of Physics, University of Guelph, March 29, 2006. http://www.physics.uoguelph.ca/tutorials/vectors/vectors.html (accessed 22 May 2013).

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