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Coulomb's law states that the force ( \textbf{F} ) between two point charges ( q_1 ) and ( q_2 ) separated by a distance ( r ) is given by ( \textbf{F} = \frac{1}{4\pi\epsilon_0}\frac{q_1q_2}{r^2} \hat{r} ), where ( \hat{r} ) is the unit vector in the direction of ( q_2 ) from ( q_1 ).
is directly proportional to product of magnitude of charges and inversely proportional to square of distance between them.
The head-to-tail rule is a method used to find the resultant of two vectors by placing the tail of one vector against the head of the other. For example, if a 5N force is applied east and a 3N force is applied north, using the head-to-tail rule, the resultant force can be found by connecting the tail of the first vector to the head of the second vector to form a triangle.
A unit vector is a vector with a magnitude of 1, while a unit basis vector is a vector that is part of a set of vectors that form a basis for a vector space and has a magnitude of 1.
Energy is a scalar quantity.Answer2: It depends on the angle!Energy can be a scalar or a vector; consider the vectors F force and D displacement:FD = -F.D + FxD = |FD| (cos(angle) + v sin(angle)).F.D is called work a form of energy and is a scalar; FxD is called Torque and is a vector form of energy. both work and Torque have units of joules or newton times meters.Energy like many quantities in physics is a quaternion consisting of a scalar part and a vector part; E = Escalar + Evector = E(cos(angle) + v sin(angle)), whether the quantity is a scalar or a vector or both depends on the angle.
Vector resolution involves breaking down a single vector into its horizontal and vertical components, while vector addition combines two or more vectors together to form a resultant vector. They are considered opposite processes because resolution breaks a single vector into simpler components, while addition combines multiple vectors into a single resultant vector.
The direction of a force is identified by the direction in which it acts on an object. This can typically be determined by looking at the orientation of the force arrow in a diagram or considering factors such as the angle at which the force is applied.