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tension is a vector!(At first I thought it was a scalar too but this afternoon it was in our physics quiz,I answered scalar but I got it wrong because tension is a vector).

this is the explanation:

tension is the force producing such deformation.

anything with force is a vector.Force always has direction.

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6mo ago

Tension is a vector quantity because it has both magnitude and direction. It describes the pulling force exerted by a rope, string, or cable on an object in a specific direction.

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15y ago

Tension is by definition a scalar as it is only the magnitude of a force.

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12y ago

Stress is a tensor. It has 9 components, each of which has a magnitude (a scalar) and

two directions associated with it.

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