Combined Science GCSE
Arrow length and arrowhead
What Arrow length and arrowhead means in Combined Science GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Arrow length and arrowhead
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The length represents the magnitude of a force and the arrowhead gives its direction.
Topics that use Arrow length and arrowhead
- Resultant forces (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Balanced forces
- Equivalence of force systems
- Resultant force
- Vector quantity
- Vector resolution using scale drawings
- External forces
- Free body diagram
- Free-body diagrams
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