Mathematics GCSE
Diagrammatic and column representations
What Diagrammatic and column representations means in Mathematics GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Diagrammatic and column representations
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Column vectors and diagrams represent the same displacement; diagrammatically, draw vectors end-to-end for addition and reverse the second vector for subtraction.
Topics that use Diagrammatic and column representations
- Vectors (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- 2D column vector
- image
- scalar multiplication
- Translation
- Component-wise addition and subtraction
- Vector notation and representation
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