This lesson began with questions posed in Get Focused. Lesson 2 Lab: Numerical Vector Addition includes a simulation to numerically calculate the answers to those questions. You will be required in the lab to use vector concepts introduced in Lesson 1 of Module 1. Read your textbook and answer the following Self-Check question to review those concepts.
Review “Motion in Two Dimensions” on pages 76 to 78 of your textbook. The Cartesian method is capitalized because it is named after a person, René Descartes, an early French philosopher and mathematician.
SC 1. Use the diagram below to answer the following questions:
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