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1.3Understanding

Scalar and Vectorquantities

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Hello, please come

and meet me now. I

am 200 m at the east

from you.

Can you locate your friend ?

What additional information doyou need to locate her ?

direction

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Quantities that have magnitude but

no direction scalar quantities.

Quantities that have both magnitude

and direction vector quantities.

Distance between A and B is 200 m

Displacement B is 200m to the east of A.

AB

scala

r

vecto

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Activitiy 1.3 pg 10

Oral exercise

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Common examples

Scalar quantities Vector quantitiesLength Volume

Area SpeedDistance Energy

Work Density

Temperature

Time

Displacement

VelocityForce

Acceleration

Momentum