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What is a scalar in physics?
What is a scalar in physics?
- A physical quantity with only a direction
- A physical quantity with neither magnitude nor direction
- A physical quantity with only a magnitude (correct)
- A physical quantity with both magnitude and direction
What is the direction of a vector from North Carolina to California?
What is the direction of a vector from North Carolina to California?
- East
- North
- West (correct)
- South
Which of the following is an example of a vector?
Which of the following is an example of a vector?
- Temperature
- Displacement (correct)
- Mass
- Volume
What is the symbol used to represent a vector?
What is the symbol used to represent a vector?
What are two vectors called if they have the same direction and magnitude?
What are two vectors called if they have the same direction and magnitude?
What are two vectors called if they are in opposite directions?
What are two vectors called if they are in opposite directions?
What are two or more vectors called if they have a common initial point?
What are two or more vectors called if they have a common initial point?
What is the magnitude of a vector from USA to China?
What is the magnitude of a vector from USA to China?
What is the magnitude of a vector A when its x and y components are given?
What is the magnitude of a vector A when its x and y components are given?
If a force F is applied to an object and it is displaced by a distance s, what is the work done?
If a force F is applied to an object and it is displaced by a distance s, what is the work done?
What is the direction of a vector A when its x and y components are given?
What is the direction of a vector A when its x and y components are given?
What is the scalar product of two vectors A and B?
What is the scalar product of two vectors A and B?
What is the effect of multiplying a vector by a scalar?
What is the effect of multiplying a vector by a scalar?
What is the geometrical meaning of scalar dot product?
What is the geometrical meaning of scalar dot product?
What is the power of an object when force and velocity are given?
What is the power of an object when force and velocity are given?
What is the property of scalar product?
What is the property of scalar product?
What is the scalar product of two perpendicular vectors?
What is the scalar product of two perpendicular vectors?
What is the direction of the vector product A × B?
What is the direction of the vector product A × B?
What is the scalar product of two parallel vectors?
What is the scalar product of two parallel vectors?
What is the physical quantity that can be calculated using the vector product r × F?
What is the physical quantity that can be calculated using the vector product r × F?
What is the geometric meaning of the vector product A × B?
What is the geometric meaning of the vector product A × B?
Is the scalar product A ∙ B equal to B ∙ A?
Is the scalar product A ∙ B equal to B ∙ A?
What is the property of the vector product that makes it distributive over addition?
What is the property of the vector product that makes it distributive over addition?
What is the vector product of a vector with itself?
What is the vector product of a vector with itself?
