High School · Vector and Matrix Quantities

CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.HSN.VM.B.5b

Compute the magnitude of a scalar multiple cv using ||cv|| = |c|v. Compute the direction of cv knowing that when |c|v ? 0, the direction of cv is either along v (for c > 0) or against v (for c < 0).

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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.