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Teach Yourself (1)

Resource type Cartesian components of vectors
Any vector may be expressed in Cartesian components, by using unit vectors in the directions of the coordinate axes. In this unit we describe these unit vectors in two dimensions and in three dimensions, and show how they can be used in calculations.

Test Yourself (3)

Resource type Dot and cross product - Numbas
5 questions on vectors. Scalar product, angle between vectors, cross product, when are vectors perpendicular, combinations of vectors defined or not. Numbas resources have been made available under a Creative Commons licence by Bill Foster and Christian Perfect, School of Mathematics & Statistics at Newcastle University.
Resource type Maths EG
Computer-aided assessment of maths, stats and numeracy from GCSE to undergraduate level 2. These resources have been made available under a Creative Common licence by Martin Greenhow and Abdulrahman Kamavi, Brunel University.
Resource type Vector Test 01 (DEWIS)
Five questions on vectors, testing addition, subtraction, scalar multiplication, magnitude, scalar product, vector product and finding the angle between two vectors. DEWIS resources have been made available under a Creative Commons licence by Rhys Gwynllyw & Karen Henderson, University of the West of England, Bristol.

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Resource type Cartesian components of vectors
Any vector may be expressed in Cartesian components, by using unit vectors in the directions of the coordinate axes. In this unit we describe these unit vectors in two dimensions and in three dimensions, and show how they can be used in calculations. (Mathtutor Video Tutorial). This resource is released under a Creative Commons license Attribution-Non-Commercial-No Derivative Works and the copyright is held by Skillbank Solutions Ltd.