About this Simulation

This interactive simulation allows learners to explore vector components by adjusting a vector's magnitude and direction using intuitive sliders. Students observe how vectors decompose into horizontal and vertical components in real-time, with dynamic visual feedback showing the relationship between the original vector and its constituent parts.

Learning objectives: Understand how vectors can be resolved into perpendicular components | Apply trigonometric relationships to calculate component magnitudes | Visualise the geometric relationship between a vector and its projections on coordinate axes