2006-08-27 22:15:42 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
Because it has both magnitude and direction (two requirements for a vector)?
2006-08-27 22:18:40 · answer #1 · answered by 006 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Vector quantities are those which have magnitude & direction both & force has a particular magnitude and it is in a particular direction. So force is said to be a vector quantity
2006-08-27 22:23:37 · answer #2 · answered by bookwormanu 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
each force has the value and direction so it is vector quantity
2006-08-27 22:20:36 · answer #3 · answered by paymanns 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
to state simply according to mathematical realtion... force equals product of mass and velocity. mass is a scalar and velocity a vector. the product of a scalar and a vector is a vector quantity so force is a vector.
2006-08-27 22:23:26 · answer #4 · answered by kiran 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because it has a value _and_ a direction, it's easiest to describe as a vector.
2006-08-27 22:18:02 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
force has magnitude and direction so it's vector, by default, the direction is downwards (gravity)
2006-08-27 22:24:05 · answer #6 · answered by Big Bird 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋