Unit Vector and Components of a Vector

Lessons on unit vectors and components of a vector to help pre-calculus or Grade 12 math students.

Unit Vector Notation: Expressing a vector as the scaled sum of unit vectors

Unit Vector Notation (part 2)

More on unit vector notation. Showing that adding the x- and y- components of two vectors is equivalent to adding the vectors visually using the head-to-tail method.

Vector addition and scalar multiplication algebraically. Standard unit vectors.

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