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Suppose a physical quantity needs to be represented in pictorial form...for example distance.
Such value represented should have 3 parts -
1)Orientation -
Or the angle that it makes to the axes of the Cartesian coordinate system under which things are being observed. In the 2 images below, there's a represented quantity by a line segment, the only different between the 2 is the orientation WRT the axes -
http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/3521/orentation2.png
http://img107.imageshack.us/img107/6857/orentation1.png
2)Position -
The exact position of the plotted value; if another value only has to differ WRT this vector by position, this value should be moved translational to give the other value. These 2 images below shows difference between the 2 plotted values by virtue of position -
http://img395.imageshack.us/img395/1133/position2.png
http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/3977/position1.png
3)Direction -
Given the above 2 factors, this one will be left as binary. It actually shows the direction at which the magnitude of a plotted value has progressed in. In the 2 images below, difference lies between the direction solely -
http://img240.imageshack.us/img240/6527/direction2.png
http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/8817/direction1.png
Are these 3 factors correct? If so, how much does a scalar and a vector define?
Such value represented should have 3 parts -
1)Orientation -
Or the angle that it makes to the axes of the Cartesian coordinate system under which things are being observed. In the 2 images below, there's a represented quantity by a line segment, the only different between the 2 is the orientation WRT the axes -
http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/3521/orentation2.png
http://img107.imageshack.us/img107/6857/orentation1.png
2)Position -
The exact position of the plotted value; if another value only has to differ WRT this vector by position, this value should be moved translational to give the other value. These 2 images below shows difference between the 2 plotted values by virtue of position -
http://img395.imageshack.us/img395/1133/position2.png
http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/3977/position1.png
3)Direction -
Given the above 2 factors, this one will be left as binary. It actually shows the direction at which the magnitude of a plotted value has progressed in. In the 2 images below, difference lies between the direction solely -
http://img240.imageshack.us/img240/6527/direction2.png
http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/8817/direction1.png
Are these 3 factors correct? If so, how much does a scalar and a vector define?
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