Part 2: Chapter 4 Applications of vectors
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# 4.2 Vectors in component form

Carrying out vector calculations using geometric methods is not very efficient, and in complicated engineering systems where there are many vectors acting, calculations can get unwieldy. Alternatively, we can work with vectors algebraically, using their component forms.

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