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If all the components of a vector are equal to 1 then that vector is a unit vector?
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Can the magnitude of a vector be equal to one of its components?
Yes. A vector in two dimensions is broken into two components, a vector in three dimensions broken into three components, etc... If the value of all but one component of a vector equal zero then the magnitude of the vector is equal to the non-zero component.
How would you define the zero vector by using the idea of components?
All components of the zero vector equal to zero.
How do vector components compare in size to the vector from which they came?
That all depends on the angles between the vector and the components. The only things you can say for sure are: -- none of the components can be greater than the size of the vector -- the sum of the squares of the components is equal to the square of the size of the vector
Can a vector have a zero magnitude if all of its components are zero?
If all the components of a vector are zero, the magnitude of the vector will always be zero.
Can the magnitude of a vector be ever equal to one of its components?
Yes. - if all the other components are zero. When the word "component" means the mutually perpendicular vectors that add (through vector addition) to form the resultant, then then answer is that "the magnitude of a vector" can equal one of its components, if and only if all other components have zero length (magnitude). This answer applies to the typical case of a vector being expressed in terms of components defined by an orthogonal basis. In normal space, these basis vectors merely define the relevant orthogonal coordinate system. There are, however, mathematical systems that use a nonorthogonal basis and the answer is different and presumably not part of the submitted question.
Can the magnitude of a vector be equal to one of its components?
Yes. A vector in two dimensions is broken into two components, a vector in three dimensions broken into three components, etc... If the value of all but one component of a vector equal zero then the magnitude of the vector is equal to the non-zero component.
How would you define the zero vector by using the idea of components?
All components of the zero vector equal to zero.
How do vector components compare in size to the vector from which they came?
That all depends on the angles between the vector and the components. The only things you can say for sure are: -- none of the components can be greater than the size of the vector -- the sum of the squares of the components is equal to the square of the size of the vector
Can a vector have a zero magnitude if all of its components are zero?
If all the components of a vector are zero, the magnitude of the vector will always be zero.
How would you define the zero vector 0?
The zero vector, denoted as 0, is a vector with all components equal to zero. It serves as the additive identity element in vector spaces, meaning that adding it to any vector does not change the vector's value.
Can the magnitude of a vector be ever equal to one of its components?
Yes. - if all the other components are zero. When the word "component" means the mutually perpendicular vectors that add (through vector addition) to form the resultant, then then answer is that "the magnitude of a vector" can equal one of its components, if and only if all other components have zero length (magnitude). This answer applies to the typical case of a vector being expressed in terms of components defined by an orthogonal basis. In normal space, these basis vectors merely define the relevant orthogonal coordinate system. There are, however, mathematical systems that use a nonorthogonal basis and the answer is different and presumably not part of the submitted question.
Can a vector have a component equal to zero and still have a nonzero magnitude?
Yes. For instance, the 2-dimensional vector (1,0) has length sqrt(1+0) = 1 A vector only has zero magnitude when all its components are 0.
What will happen if all components of a vector are reversed in direction?
Then the resultant vector is reversed.
A B 0 what can you say about the components of the two vectors?
The vectors A and B seem to be two-dimensional with components in the x and y directions. The components of vector A are A_x and A_y, while the components of vector B are B_x and B_y. The 0 value suggests that one or both of the vectors have a component equal to zero.
Will a vector be zero if one of its compoent is zero?
No. In order for the magnitude of a vector to be zero, the magnitude of all of its components will need to be zero.This answer ignores velocity and considers only the various N-axis projections of a vector. This is because direction is moot if magnitude is zero.
Can a vector have zero magnitude if one of its component is not zero?
No, a vector cannot have zero magnitude if one of its components is not zero. The magnitude of a vector is determined by the combination of all its components, so if any component is not zero, the vector will have a non-zero magnitude.
A vector may be resolved into only two components?
No, a vector in 3-d space would normally be resolved into 3 components. It all depends on the dimensionality of the space that you are working within.
