College Physics (4th Edition)

Published by McGraw-Hill Education
ISBN 10: 0073512141
ISBN 13: 978-0-07351-214-3

Chapter 2 - Conceptual Questions - Page 62: 14

Answer

Any component of a vector cannot ever be greater than the magnitude of the vector. This is equivalent to the statement that each side of right angled triangle must be shorter than its hypotenuse.

Work Step by Step

Any component of a vector cannot ever be greater than the magnitude of the vector. This is equivalent to the statement that each side of right angled triangle must be shorter than its hypotenuse.
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