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Smart
Board Example
Adding Multiple Vectors
This
demo module illustrates how to add several vectors together
as long as they are in the N, S, E, or W directions. It was
designed to be used with a Smart Board but could be used with
a computer and projector.
On the opening screen, students come up and draw in the vectors
(using their fingers) on the Smart Board, adding them head
to tail. This leads to a set of two component vectors, one
N-S and one E-W.
By pressing a button, an excel like screen appears that allows
students to add up the N - S and E W vectors, which
shows that it gives them the same two component vectors.
The final button brings up a blank screen where students can
draw in the final components of the resultant vector which
were found first graphically and then mathematically above.
Then the trigonometry calculations to find the magnitude and
direction of the resultant can be written out on the Smart
Board and printed out if desired.
Download
and run the AddMultVect.exe program by clicking on the Download
Adding Vectors button below. Then follow the install directions.
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