Sunday, 17 October 2010

Multiplication and Division of a Vector by a Scalar

The diagram below shows that when a vector is multiplied by a scalar, its magnitude changes but not its direction.  For example if vector A is multiplied by 2, its magnitude is doubled (i.e. length of the arrow doubles).  The same concept applies to the division of vectors.

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