vector help please | Mathematics | Page 1

lament notch Oct 29, 2025, 9:25 AM

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i am in year 11, second year of gcses and i really cant understand vectors. they look easy but i really dont get them. can someone help me please

light craterBOT Oct 29, 2025, 9:25 AM

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glad condor Oct 29, 2025, 9:34 AM

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This is vectors as in physics right?

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What exactly are you confused by?

fair pelican Oct 29, 2025, 9:37 AM

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lament notch i am in year 11, second year of gcses and i really cant understand vectors. they...

Do you understand what a vector is

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Sorry if sounds like a stupid question i just need to have an idea what you do/don't know

lament notch Oct 29, 2025, 9:40 AM

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its in maths!

lament notch Oct 29, 2025, 9:40 AM

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glad condor This is vectors as in physics right?

its maths

lament notch Oct 29, 2025, 9:41 AM

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fair pelican Do you understand what a vector is

im ngl not reall

fair pelican Oct 29, 2025, 9:41 AM

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Okay thats fine

lament notch Oct 29, 2025, 9:41 AM

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yh

fair pelican Oct 29, 2025, 9:43 AM

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Okay so if you were to live somewhere windy, then those winds can be weaker or stronger right

And the wind could also be blowing onto your side, or blowing right in front of your face

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If you combine the notion of "strength" that winds have with "direction" (i.e. which way the wind is blowing) then you could call the wind a vector

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Is that making any sense

lament notch Oct 29, 2025, 9:48 AM

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yeah

fair pelican Oct 29, 2025, 9:58 AM

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Okay

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Now imagine modelling not just wind but a whole array of quantities as "vectors" with this notion of "strength" AND "direction. Vectors could include:
Air, water, position relative to a fixed point, the force you exert in order to lift a weight or drive a car (by the engine obviously)

fair pelican Oct 29, 2025, 10:02 AM

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lament notch i am in year 11, second year of gcses and i really cant understand vectors. they...

Do you have some example problems you were looking at

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It's a good idea to practice in order to understand them better

lament notch Oct 29, 2025, 10:56 AM

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fair pelican Do you have some example problems you were looking at

the ones with triangles

fair pelican Oct 29, 2025, 10:57 AM

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Okay which part are you struggling with

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I think the idea of those is to like find one route, and then find another equivalent (but typically more convoluted) route

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Like for example given vertices A, B, C and edges = (AB, BC, CA). You could go along AB, along, BC or you could equivalently go backwards along AC

lament notch Oct 29, 2025, 1:18 PM

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yessss that

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like in general

lament notch Oct 29, 2025, 1:19 PM

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fair pelican Okay which part are you struggling with

legit all of it

fair pelican Oct 29, 2025, 1:22 PM

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lament notch legit all of it

All i can say then is
Do as many questions as you can, watch yt videos, read online, go through your teacher's PowerPoint slides etc.

I can't teach you the whole topic you have to do that yourself by practicing a lot of questions, but if you are stuck on a particular question i can try to help

lament notch Oct 29, 2025, 1:42 PM

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tysm!

fair pelican Oct 29, 2025, 5:26 PM

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lament notch tysm!

If ur happy with everything do u wanna mark it as problem resolved

lament notch Oct 29, 2025, 5:46 PM

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yes

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how do i do that