Read each statement below carefully and state with reasons, if it is true or false :

$(a)$ The magnitude of a vector is always a scalar,

$(b)$ each component of a vector is always a scalar,

$(c)$ the total path length is always equal to the magnitude of the displacement vector of a particle.

$(d)$ the average speed of a particle (defined as total path length divided by the time taken to cover the path) is either greater or equal to the magnitude of average velocity of the particle over the same interval of time,

$(e)$ Three vectors not lying in a plane can never add up to give a null vector.

Which of the following is a vector

Identify the vector quantity among the following

Classify the given physical quantities in vector and scalar. Position, speed, velocity, pressure, acceleration, temperature, force, work, energy.

The value of a unit vector in the direction of vector $A = 5\hat i – 12\hat j,$ is