Department of Pre-University Education, KarnatakaPUC Karnataka Science Class 11

Can we have physical quantities having magnitude and direction which are not vectors? - Physics

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Answer in Brief

Can we have physical quantities having magnitude and direction which are not vectors?

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Solution

Yes, there are physical quantities like electric current and pressure which have magnitudes and directions, but are not considered as vectors because they do not follow vector laws of addition.

Concept: Nature of Physical Laws
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HC Verma Class 11, Class 12 Concepts of Physics Vol. 1
Chapter 2 Physics and Mathematics
Short Answers | Q 5 | Page 28
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