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Physical properties generally belong to one of two main groups, scalars or vectors. A vector is usually described as a quantity with magnitude and direction. For example, suppose a car travels northeast at 50 km/h. The speed of the car, 50 km/h, is a scalar quantity. The velocity of the car is a vector quantity, since it has a magnitude, 50 km/h, and a direction, northeast.
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Marshall, G.S. (1998). Vector Algebra. In: Introductory Mathematics: Applications and Methods. Springer Undergraduate Mathematics Series. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-3412-1_2
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