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Calculating the magnitude of a vectorCalculating magnitude

The magnitude of a vector is its size. It can be calculated from the square root of the total of the squares of of the individual vector components.

Part of MathsGeometric skills

Calculating magnitude

Now try the example questions below.

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Calculate the magnitude of the vector \(p=\left( \begin{array}{l}3\\7\end{array} \right)\)

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If \(\overrightarrow {PQ} = \left( {\begin{array}{*{20}{c}} 5\\ 4\\ { - 2} \end{array}} \right)\) then calculate its magnitude.

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If \(a = \left( {\begin{array}{*{20}{c}} 5\\ { - 1}\\ 2 \end{array}} \right)\,and\,b = \left( {\begin{array}{*{20}{c}} 7\\ 9\\ { - 2} \end{array}} \right)\) then calculate \(\left| {\overrightarrow {AB} } \right|\)