Specialist Mathematics · Unit 1 · Vectors in the plane · Vectors in two dimensions

Convert between Cartesian form and polar form, with and without technology.

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Calculate the magnitude and direction of a vector. |𝒂| = |(𝑎1 𝑎2)| = √𝑎12 + 𝑎22 tan(𝜃) = 𝑦 𝑥, 𝑥 ≠ 0

Define and use unit vectors and the perpendicular unit vectors 𝒊̂ and 𝒋̂.

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