Combined Science GCSE
Vector resolution using scale drawings
What Vector resolution using scale drawings means in Combined Science GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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A single force can be resolved into two components acting at right angles to each other by drawing it to scale at the correct angle.
Topics that use Vector resolution using scale drawings
- Resultant forces (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Balanced forces
- Equivalence of force systems
- Resultant force
- Vector quantity
- Arrow length and arrowhead
- External forces
- Free body diagram
- Free-body diagrams
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