Mathematics GCSE
resultant vectors
What resultant vectors means in Mathematics GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of resultant vectors
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
On a diagram this is the arrow you get by following the first and then the second nose to tail, drawn from the start of the first to the end of the second.
Topics that use resultant vectors
- Geometry and measures - Vectors (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- column vector notation
- Parallel and collinear vectors
- Ratios on a line
- scalar multiplication
- translation on a grid
- Vector arithmetic (diagrammatic and column)
- column vector arithmetic
- diagrammatic representation
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