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Switch to any value % from this page to resize cheat sheet text: % www.emerson.emory.edu/services/latex/latex_169.html \footnotesize % Small font. \begin{multicols*}{2} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Scalar}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{Physical quantities having only magnitude but not associated with any direction are called scalar quantities.} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 3) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{scalars are added and subtracted by algebraic method.} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{Ex}} : Mass, speed work, power, energy, pressure etc.} \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Graphical representation of a Vector}} \tn \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{8.4cm}}{\vspace{1px}\centerline{\includegraphics[width=5.1cm]{/web/www.cheatography.com/public/uploads/rehman225_1657149038_832bbda747525b4970ddc92fc65e5c24.png}}} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{A vector can be represented graphically by a directed line segment. The length of the line segment is magnitude of the vector and the arrow head represents the direction of vector.} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Triangle law of vectors}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{The famous triangle law can be used for the addition of vectors and this method is also called the head-to-tail method.} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 3) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{As per this law, two vectors can be added together by placing them together in such a way that the first vector's head joins the tail of the second vector.} \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 4) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{Thus, by joining the first vector's tail to the head of the second vector, we can obtain the resultant vector sum.} \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 3) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Scalar Product/Dot Product of Vectors}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{The resultant of scalar product/dot product of two vectors is always a scalar quantity.} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{Consider two vectors a and b.The scalar product is calculated as the product of magnitudes of a, b, and cosine of the angle between these vectors.} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 3) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{Scalar product = |a||b| cos α}}} \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{Here, |a| = magnitude of vector a, |b| = magnitude of vector b, α = angle between the vectors} \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Vector}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{Physical quantities having both magnitude and direction are called as vector quantities.} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{Ex}} : Displacement, Velocity, acceleration, force, momentum etc.} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{2.64 cm} x{5.36 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Types of vectors}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Null Vector}} & It is a vector whose magnitude is zero and direction is not specified \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 3) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{Equal Vector}} & Two vectors are said to be equal if they have same magnitude and direction irrespective of their initial points \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 5) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Negative Vector}} & A vector with same magnitude but opposite in direction is called negative vector \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 4) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{Unit Vector}} & A vector whose magnitude is unity is termed as unit vector \tn % Row Count 15 (+ 3) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Parallel Vector}} & If two vectors are in same direction then they are said to be parallel or like vectors. \tn % Row Count 19 (+ 4) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{Position vectors}} & The vector which is used to specify the position of a point 'p' with respect to some fixed point 'o' represented by OP is known as position vector of 'p' with respect to 'o'. \tn % Row Count 26 (+ 7) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Parallelogram Law of Addition of Vectors}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{Another law that can be used for the addition of vectors is the parallelogram law of the addition of vectors.} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 3) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{Let's take two vectors p and q, as shown below. They form the two adjacent sides of a parallelogram in their magnitude and direction.} \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 3) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{The sum p + q is represented in magnitude and direction by the diagonal of the parallelogram through their common point.} \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 3) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Cross Product}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{If the product of two vectors is another vector then such a product is called vector product or cross product.} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 3) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{If θ is the angle between the given two vectors A and B, then the formula for the cross product of vectors is given by:} \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 3) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{A × B = |A| |B| sin θ}}} \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} % That's all folks \end{multicols*} \end{document}