High School · Vector and Matrix Quantities

CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.HSN.VM.B.4c

Understand vector subtraction v - w as v + (-w), where -w is the additive inverse of w, with the same magnitude as w and pointing in the opposite direction. Represent vector subtraction graphically by connecting the tips in the appropriate order, and perform vector subtraction component-wise.

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Lessons that teach this standard

• Adding, Subtracting and Scaling Vectors

  How to add vectors end to end and by components, why the length of a sum is usually less than the sum of the lengths, how subtraction works, and what scaling does.