unit vector

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(thing) by DaVinciLe0 (2.6 mon) (print) ? (I like it!) Sun Jul 16 2000 at 1:59:33

A unit vector is a vector having a magnitude of 1.

(idea) by Adalgeirr (9.5 mon) (print) ? (I like it!) Thu Jul 20 2000 at 17:43:54

You can find a unit vector by dividing the vector by its magnitude. In order to find the unit vector for V we use this procedure.

V / ||V||

There are three unit vectors with special names i, j, and k.
i is in the x direction.
j is in the y direction.
k is in the z direction.

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