You sail directly East for 14 hours,
then South for 14 hours,
and then West for 14 hours,
and then North again for 14 hours.

Now if you draw a vector between your starting
position and your final position. What would you
call that vector?

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"Bart Senior" wrote in message
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You sail directly East for 14 hours,
then South for 14 hours,
and then West for 14 hours,
and then North again for 14 hours.

Now if you draw a vector between your starting
position and your final position. What would you
call that vector?

do we assume the distance covered is equal in all directions, or are you
saying it doesn't matter?
Scout

"Bart Senior" wrote in message
. ..
You sail directly East for 14 hours,
then South for 14 hours,
and then West for 14 hours,
and then North again for 14 hours.

Now if you draw a vector between your starting
position and your final position. What would you
call that vector?

You sail directly East for 14 hours,
then South for 14 hours,
and then West for 14 hours,
and then North again for 14 hours.

Now if you draw a vector

you can't draw a vector between positions without knowing (in this case) speed
over ground. The distance between positions is a scalar, the direction is not
determinable from your data.

between your starting
position and your final position. What would you
call that vector?

Constant speed.

Scout wrote

do we assume the distance covered is equal in all directions, or are you
saying it doesn't matter?
Scout

"Bart Senior" wrote

You sail directly East for 14 hours,
then South for 14 hours,
and then West for 14 hours,
and then North again for 14 hours.

Now if you draw a vector between your starting
position and your final position. What would you
call that vector?

On Sun, 04 Jul 2004 04:53:15 GMT, "Bart Senior"
wrote:

You sail directly East for 14 hours,
then South for 14 hours,
and then West for 14 hours,
and then North again for 14 hours.

Now if you draw a vector between your starting
position and your final position. What would you
call that vector?

A dot. :-)


Cheers!


Remco

that's what I was thinking but didn't want to assume anything : )
Scout

"Remco Moedt" wrote in message
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On Sun, 04 Jul 2004 04:53:15 GMT, "Bart Senior"
wrote:

You sail directly East for 14 hours,
then South for 14 hours,
and then West for 14 hours,
and then North again for 14 hours.

Now if you draw a vector between your starting
position and your final position. What would you
call that vector?

A dot. :-)


Cheers!


Remco

a dot is not a vector.

that's what I was thinking but didn't want to assume anything : )
Scout

"Remco Moedt" wrote in message
.. .
On Sun, 04 Jul 2004 04:53:15 GMT, "Bart Senior"
wrote:

You sail directly East for 14 hours,
then South for 14 hours,
and then West for 14 hours,
and then North again for 14 hours.

Now if you draw a vector between your starting
position and your final position. What would you
call that vector?

A dot. :-)


Cheers!


Remco

yes I know, that is the point (no pun intended)
Scout

"JAXAshby" wrote in message
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a dot is not a vector.

that's what I was thinking but didn't want to assume anything : )
Scout

"Remco Moedt" wrote in message
.. .
On Sun, 04 Jul 2004 04:53:15 GMT, "Bart Senior"
wrote:

You sail directly East for 14 hours,
then South for 14 hours,
and then West for 14 hours,
and then North again for 14 hours.

Now if you draw a vector between your starting
position and your final position. What would you
call that vector?

A dot. :-)


Cheers!


Remco

yes I know, that is the point (no pun intended)
Scout

no it wasn't the point. the point was the question lacked sufficient data to
form an answer.

btw, a point is not a vector either.

a dot is not a vector.