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	<onlyinclude>A '''vector''' is a mathematical tool used to represent physical quantities that require both a ''magnitude'' and ''direction'' to describe. Such physical quantities include things like positions, [[velocity\|velocities]] and [[force]]s.</onlyinclude>		[[File:Vector B2.png\|thumb\|Figure 1. An example of what a vector can look like in a cartesian coordinate system.<ref>Wikimedia Commons (2023). (Accessed June 9, 2026). ''Vector B'' [Online]. Available: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vector_B.svg</ref>]]
			<onlyinclude>A '''vector''' is a mathematical tool used to represent physical quantities that require both a ''magnitude'' and ''direction'' to describe. Such physical quantities include things like positions, [[velocity\|velocities]] and [[force]]s.</onlyinclude>

	For example, the velocity of a baseball is a vector quantity - the moving baseball has both a magnitude and a direction. The magnitude of its velocity is known as the '''speed''', so one would say the baseball's speed is 100 km/hr. The direction can be described in many ways (once a coordinate system is chosen): the baseball could be traveling "to the left", "to the west", "in the x-direction", etc.<ref>R. Chabay and B. Sherwood, "Describing the 3D World: Vectors," in Matter & Interactions, 3rd ed., Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2011, ch.1, sec.5, pp. 9</ref>		For example, the velocity of a baseball is a vector quantity: the moving baseball has both a magnitude and a direction.

			# The magnitude of its velocity is known as the '''speed''', so one would say the baseball's speed is 100 km/hr.
			# The direction can be described in many ways (once a coordinate system is chosen): the baseball could be traveling "to the left", "to the west", "in the x-direction", etc.<ref>R. Chabay and B. Sherwood, "Describing the 3D World: Vectors," in Matter & Interactions, 3rd ed., Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2011, ch.1, sec.5, pp. 9</ref>
			Figure 1 shows an example of a magnetic field vector on a cartesian plane.

	To learn more about vectors, [http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/vecm.html#vecmh\| visit HyperPhysics].		To learn more about vectors, [http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/vecm.html#vecmh\| visit HyperPhysics].

			== For Further Reading ==

			* [[Velocity]]
			* [[Force]]
			* [[Scalar]]
			* [[Unit vector]]
			* Or explore a [[Special:Random\|random page]]

	==References==		==References==
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<onlyinclude>A '''vector''' is a mathematical tool used to represent physical quantities that require both a ''magnitude'' and ''direction'' to describe. Such physical quantities include things like positions, [[velocity|velocities]] and [[force]]s.</onlyinclude>

For example, the velocity of a baseball is a vector quantity - the moving baseball has both a magnitude and a direction. The magnitude of its velocity is known as the '''speed''', so one would say the baseball's speed is 100 km/hr. The direction can be described in many ways (once a coordinate system is chosen): the baseball could be traveling "to the left", "to the west", "in the x-direction", etc.<ref>R. Chabay and B. Sherwood, "Describing the 3D World: Vectors," in Matter & Interactions, 3rd ed., Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2011, ch.1, sec.5, pp. 9</ref>

To learn more about vectors, [http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/vecm.html#vecmh| visit HyperPhysics].

==References==
{{reflist}}