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Breaking Vectors Into Components
Summary of Post · Breaking vectors into components is tricky at first, but essential for solving physics and engineering problems. · Common challenges include visualizing axes, switching to 3D, and relating vectors to axis. · Use right triangles and trigonometry (“soh cah toa”) to find x, y, and z components. · For 2D vectors, multiply the magnitude by the cosine or sine of the angle to get components. · For 3D vectors, solve for the z component first, then use triangl
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Least Common Denominator
What is a Least Common Denominator or (LCD)? In mathematics, a Least Common Denominator is used so you can combine fractions by...
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Simplifying Expressions
Simplifying Expressions is essential to learning because it will be one of the things that can hold you back when you try to learn...
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Top 3 YouTubers for Mastering Math Concepts
Summary List of the article YouTube is a good resource for learning Watch Professor Leonard, NancyPi, and The Math Sorcerer Videos Math...
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Solving Systems of Equations by Elimination and by Matrices
This post I will be expanding upon an earlier post on Solving Systems of Equations by Substitution. These other two ways can make it...
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Solving Systems Of Equations By Substitution
This post walks you through the basics on how to solve and think about the system of equations.
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