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What is the x component of (+2m)ι^?
Express your answer with the appropriate units.
x = ____ __
* My attempted answer was: +2m

What is the x component of (+2m/s)ι^?
Express your answer with the appropriate units.
vx = ____ __
* My attempted answer was: +2m/s

What is the x component of (−2m/s)ι^?
Express your answer with the appropriate units.
vx= ____ __
* My attempted answer was: -2m/s

However, my answers were incorrect and I think they may have incorrect units. Can anybody tell me what I did wrong? Thank you!
 
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I had to read twice to see the ##\hat\imath##.
Perhaps you are working with a computer ? Or did your teacher mark tha answers as wrong :rolleyes: ? Probably not.

Perhaps the program wants a space between the 2 and the dimension (as in the template --- --) ?
 
The teacher told me that I should ignore positive signs in my answers then they would be correct. Thank you for your interest in helping me!