Mathematics GCSE
column vector arithmetic
What column vector arithmetic means in Mathematics GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of column vector arithmetic
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Adding two vectors means adding the tops and adding the bottoms, and subtracting means adding the reverse.
Topics that use column vector arithmetic
- Geometry and measures - Vectors (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- column vector notation
- Parallel and collinear vectors
- Ratios on a line
- resultant vectors
- scalar multiplication
- translation on a grid
- Vector arithmetic (diagrammatic and column)
- diagrammatic representation
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