Chapter 1: Units, Physical Quantities, and Vectors
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Four steps of problem solving strategy
Identify, Setup, Execute, Evaluate
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Unit of distance and unit of time
meter, second
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**model**
It is a simplified version of a physical system that would be too complicated to analyze in full detail.
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unit vector
A(n) ________ has a magnitude of 1, with no units.
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Displacement
________ is simply a change in the position of an object.
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**scalar quantity**.
When a physical quantity is described by a single number, it is a **scalar quantity**.
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**vector quantity**
has both a magnitude and a direction in space.
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**negative vector**
A vector with the same magnitude but in the opposite direction is known as a **negative vector**
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**antiparallel** vector
When two vectors and have opposite directions, whether their magnitudes are the same or not, we say that they are **antiparallel**.
