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OpenStudy (anonymous):

what is the difference between vectors and phasors ?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

One is straight and the other is wavy.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

i think rotating vectors are phasors but m not sure

OpenStudy (anonymous):

phasors are not wavy

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Oh, sorry, sine and cosine functions look wavy to me for some reason. :-/

OpenStudy (anonymous):

well, yes sine and cosines are indeed wavy but phasors are not wavy and of course not sine and cosine function

OpenStudy (anonymous):

" Phasors are similar to vectors, but they represent a sinusoid instead of a location in space. This is an important fact, because at any time a phasor can be converted into a cosine function, and any cosine function can be converted into a phasor. . . . It is important to remember which trigonometric function your phasors are mapping to. Since a phasor only includes information on magnitude and phase angle, . . ." From wikipedia. Your mileage may vary.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

thank you i've ben through this ....for broad understanding i put ma question here lemme see more

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