VECTOR - Physics Notes (Clean Formula Format)
1. Magnitude of Vector (2D)
|A| = √(Ax2 + Ay2)
2. Magnitude of Vector (3D)
|A| = √(Ax2 + Ay2 + Az2)
3. Resolution of Vector
Ax = A cosθ
Ay = A sinθ
tanθ = Ay / Ax
4. Resultant of Two Vectors
R = √(A2 + B2 + 2AB cosθ)
5. Vector Subtraction
R = √(A2 + B2 − 2AB cosθ)
6. Dot Product
A · B = AB cosθ
= AxBx + AyBy + AzBz
7. Cross Product
|A × B| = AB sinθ
8. Important Identities
|A + B|2 = A2 + B2 + 2(A · B)
|A − B|2 = A2 + B2 − 2(A · B)