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Prerequisites

Adding and subtracting of column vectors

Teacher resources

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Worksheet (with space for student work)
Handout (slides with exercises only; 4 per page for reduced printing)
- Worked solutions to all questions

Links to past exam questions

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Interactive GeoGebra activity: Adding vectors

Tick the box for a visual interpretation of the sum of the vectors a and b. You can drag the tips of vectors to change them.

Interactive GeoGebra activity: Subtracting vectors

Tick the box for a visual interpretation of a − b. You can drag the tips of vectors to change them.

Vocabulary note

What links the words convection, vector, and vehicle? They all come from the Latin verb vehere meaning to carry or transport.

In the real world

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