Physics A-Level
Tip-to-tail addition
What Tip-to-tail addition means in Physics A-Level, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Tip-to-tail addition
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Reference: OCR
A method for non-perpendicular vectors in which the vectors are drawn tip-to-tail and the cosine rule or a scale drawing is used.
Topics that use Tip-to-tail addition
- Scalars and vectors (OCR A-Level)
Related terms
- Independence of perpendicular directions
- Magnitude and direction of a resultant
- Perpendicular components
- Scale drawing
- Vector quantity
- Vector resolution
- Vector triangle construction
- Classification of physical quantities
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