Lecture 1
Dale E. Gary
NJIT Physics Department
Introduction
Physics 111 – Course Information
Brief Introduction to Physics
Chapter 1 – Measurements (sect. 1-6)
Measuring things
Three basic units: Length, Mass, Time
SI units
Unit conversion
Dimension
Chapter 3 – Vectors (sect. 1-4)
Vectors and scalars
Describe vectors geometrically
Components of vectors
Unit vectors
Vectors addition and subtraction
Number + Unit
LENGTH: Meter
MASS: Kilogram
TIME: Second
vectors as arrows
Arrows point the direction
vector
we will use absolute value
sign: A or just A,
Magnitude is always positive , the
A AxThen,
Ay A Ax Ay
Ax
A A 2 A 2
x y
Ay 1
Ay
tan or tan
Or,
Ax Ax