Use Dot Product to Find the Angle between Two 3D vectors
23K views · Oct 29, 2022
The objective of this video is to explain the use of the dot product to find the angle between two 3D vectors U and V starting from the formula U.V = |U| . |V| . cos(theta) where U . V is the dot product calculated using the components of U and V.
Find the Cross Product of two Vectors
11K views · Oct 29, 2022
The objective of this video is to discuss how to find the cross product of two vectors, given by their components, using the determinants. It is also shown that the cross product of two vectors U and V is perpendicular to both U and V. More in: http://
Find the components of a vector given its magnitude and direction
10K views · Oct 29, 2022
The objective of this video is to explain how to find the components of a vector V given its magnitude and direction with respect to the x-axis. The following 6 examples are discussed in this video. Example 1: V has a magnitude of 20 and is directed a
Components of Forces
16K views · Nov 1, 2022
This video reviews the formulas to find the components of a vector in terms of its magnitude and angle (direction) as measured from the positive x-axis. These formulas are then applied to four different examples of forces of different magnitudes and direc