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This interactive tutorial provides comprehensive help and practice in understanding vector quantities. It is organized into six sections: vector direction, vector addition, resultants, components, vector resolution, and component addition. It closes with relative velocity and riverboat problems, plus a discussion of the interdependence of perpendicular components of motion. Each section explains a topic and provides exercises for learner self-assessment. Images, animations, and graphs are placed throughout to illustrate the concepts.
AAAS Benchmark Alignments (2008 Version)2. The Nature of Mathematics
2A. Patterns and Relationships
9. The Mathematical World
9B. Symbolic Relationships
9C. Shapes
Common Core State Standards for Mathematics AlignmentsHigh School — Number and Quantity (9-12)
Vector and Matrix Quantities (9-12)
High School — Functions (9-12)
Trigonometric Functions (9-12)
High School — Geometry (9-12)
Similarity, Right Triangles, and Trigonometry (9-12)
Common Core State Reading Standards for Literacy in Science and Technical Subjects 6—12
Key Ideas and Details (6-12)
Craft and Structure (6-12)
Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity (6-12)
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