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Vectors in 2D

Audience: High SchoolCategory: Math

Description

This animation introduces 2D vectors through visual demonstrations on a number plane. It shows a vector as an arrow, demonstrates scalar multiplication (stretching/shrinking), and vector addition using the tip-to-tail method. Component form and magnitude formula are displayed with MathTex.

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Vectors in 2D

Description

This animation introduces 2D vectors through visual demonstrations on a number plane. It shows a vector as an arrow, demonstrates scalar multiplication (stretching/shrinking), and vector addition using the tip-to-tail method. Component form and magnitude formula are displayed with MathTex.

Phases

# Phase Name Duration Description
1 Introduction 5s NumberPlane appears; single vector v = (2, 1) drawn as arrow
2 Component form 5s Show (vx, vy) components: horizontal and vertical dashed lines
3 Magnitude 5s Draw right triangle showing
4 Scalar multiplication 10s Animate k*v for k = 2 (double), then k = -1 (reverse), then k = 0.5
5 Vector addition 12s Show vectors u and v; tip-to-tail addition; resultant w = u+v
6 Summary 7s All formulas visible; final labeled diagram

Layout

+-----------------------------------------------+
|  v = (vx, vy)           [formula top-right]   |
|  |v| = sqrt(vxΒ²+vyΒ²)                          |
|                                                |
|    ^      β†— v                                 |
|    |    /   (arrow)                            |
|    |   /                                       |
|    |  /  ← right triangle                     |
|    | /  vx (horiz) vy (vert)                  |
|    +------------>                              |
|                                                |
|  [scalar mult panel]  [addition panel]         |
+-----------------------------------------------+

Area Descriptions

Area Content Notes
Center NumberPlane + vector arrows Main demonstration area
Top right Component form + magnitude formulas MathTex
Bottom Step labels for each phase Fade in/out per phase

Assets & Dependencies

  • Fonts: LaTeX
  • Colors: V_COLOR = YELLOW, U_COLOR = BLUE, RESULT_COLOR = GREEN, COMPONENT_COLOR = GRAY, BG = #1a1a2e
  • Manim version: ManimCE 0.19.1

Notes

  • Use NumberPlane for grid background
  • Vectors drawn with Arrow from origin or tip-to-tail
  • ValueTracker for scalar k in phase 4
  • always_redraw for scaled vector arrow