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https://phet.colorado.edu/sims/html/vector-addition/latest/vector-addition_en.html
"Labs"
Explore 1-D (A quick exercise to understand how vectors work)
To place a vector, simply click and drag "a" "b" or "c". Once you have vector "a" placed on the axis, you may adjust the length by clicking the arrowhead and dragging it to make it longer or shorter. Now that you have placed one vector, place the tail of vector "b" to the head of vector "a". Click the "Sum" box to the right of the page. A vector "s" will appear on the axis. Click on it. The value on top should read the sum value of vector "a" and "b".
Great! Now we know how to add a vector.
Repeat this process but now make vector "b" go in the opposite direction by dragging the arrowhead to the other side. Make sure vector "b" has a larger magnitude than vector "a". What happened to the sum vector?
Now we know how to add vectors in opposing directions.
Click "Lab" on the bottom of the page.
Drag two vectors from the bottom right of the screen, a blue vector and an orange vector. Set these vectors (by clicking and dragging) to be the following magnitudes and directions. Set the blue vector to a magnitude of 10 in the eastward direction (the angle on top should read zero). Set the orange vector to a magnitude of 5 in the north direction.
Making a parallelogram
To make the parallelogram you will need a total of fourth vectors, two sets of the same vectors. Make a copy of the vectors just made. Now you should have two vectors pointing east, and two vectors pointing north. They will be graphically added from Head to Tail. Take one of the blue vectors and place it at the origin (point (0,0)). Now add the tail of the orange vector to the head of the blue vector. Do the same thing in the opposite order from the same starting point. You now have a parallelogram. Now take a blue vector line and make a resultant line connecting the starting point to the ending point. Click on the "Values" option in the top right corner. Compare the magnitude to the original vectors. Is it bigger than one of the vectors, both of the vectors, or smaller? (Screenshot the vectors with a resultant line)
Now make two more parallelograms with different sets of vectors. Change magnitudes AND directions.
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