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What happens when a vector is multiplied by a scalar? a) It gets rotated in the plane b) It gets longer c) It turns into a scalar d) It gets either longer or shorter, but does n…
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What happens when a vector is multiplied by a scalar?
a) It gets rotated in the plane
b) It gets longer
c) It turns into a scalar
d) It gets either longer or shorter, but does not change direction
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The scalar operates only on the magnitude of the vector.
So the length of the vector may change ... becoming longer
or shorter ... but its direction doesn't change.
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