In this unit of physics, we have been discussing vectors. A
vector is a quantity that has both direction and magnitude. Magnitude pretty
much means amount of something. So a vector quantity is described by its amount and the direction of that amount. Some vector
quantities are velocity and acceleration. Velocity is a vector quantity because
it involves a speed along with a direction in which the object is moving.
Acceleration is a vector quantity because that same object can be increasing or
decreasing velocity in the same or a different direction. The picture below is
of me skating down a ramp in the parking lot. This relates to vectors, because
I am accelerating at a certain rate in the direction of the lower level.
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