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Question from moumita, a student: what differences take place to a vector because of choice of orientation of the coordinate axes and why?? |
Moumita,
A vector can be described by its magnitude and direction and neither of these are changed by a orientation change in the coordinate axes. The representation of the vector in terms of the coordinate axes does however change if there is a change in the coordinate axes. If for example positive and negative are reversed on the the y-axes then the y-component of the vector will change sign.
I hope this helps,
Harley
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