Unit Vector and Components of a Vector
Vectors
Unit Vectors in Physics
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Unit Vector
A unit vector is a vector with a magnitude of one unit.
Any vector has an associated unit vector in the same direction but having a magnitude of one. Any vector can be
expressed as a scalar multiple
of its unit vector.
The following diagram shows how to normalize a vector or how to determine a unit vector. Scroll down the page for more examples and solutions of how to find a unit vector.
Finding the Unit Vector given a vector (divide the vector by its magnitude).
How to express a vector algebraically in terms of the unit vectors i and j. This video explains how to determine a unit vector given a vector. It also explains how to determine the component form of a vector in standard position that intersects the unit circle. Expressing a vector as the scaled sum of unit vectors. Unit Vector Notation (part 2).
Showing that adding the i and j components of two vectors is equivalent to adding the vectors visually using the head-to-tail method. Next set of videos in this series
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