Resultant of a Vector
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An airplane (blue) flies while the wind (green) deflects it from its path, giving the resultant (red). The same principles apply to a person swimming in a stream or sailing a boat.
Contributed by: Lionel Balmer (March 2011)
Suggested by: Bernard Vuilleumier
Open content licensed under CC BY-NC-SA
Snapshots
Details
Snapshot 1: the airplane's force and the resultant have the same value
Snapshot 2: the airplane's and the wind's vectors are opposed and equal so the resultant is null
Snapshot 3: the airplane's and the wind's vectors are opposed but the wind's is smaller than the airplane's
Snapshot 4: the airplane's and the wind's vectors are opposed but the wind's is stronger than the airplane's
Snapshot 5: the resultant is at a right angle to the airplane's vector
Permanent Citation
"Resultant of a Vector"
http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/ResultantOfAVector/
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Published: March 7 2011
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