Reading Activity: Math You Need: Vectors and Vector Addition (Cascadia Module - Math Supplement)

Reading Activity: Math You Need: Vectors and Vector Addition (Cascadia Module - Math Supplement)
Written for students, this two-page text explains what a vector is and how to add vectors by putting the head of one vector against the tail of another and drawing a new arrow that connects the first's tail to the second's head. Students can analyze strain graphically knowing only this.

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Nancy West, Beth Pratt-Sitaula, and Shelley Olds, expanded from work initiated by Vince Cronin, Baylor University
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