Vectors: Components of a Vector

Photo shows the demonstration used at the University of Texas at Austin.

Instructions / Notes:

• Demo includes a magnetic board with x and y axes, magnetic arrows that can be placed at will, and a magnetic meter stick.
• Use magnetic vectors on the white board to show head-to-tail or parallelogram addition or subtraction.
• This demo shares a board with other demos, so some additional, unrelated pieces will be on the board but unintrusive.

Demo Staff:

• Include a black and white meter stick to measure the resultant vector.

Last updated on November 5, 2024