Can someone describe what projections (on vectors) is? Like describe it geometrically?

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anonymous · Answer

Sorry, my computer blinked out, but I answered back at your old question as you were forming this new question.

anonymous · Answer

What the diagram in the other question is, is a scalar projection and is most likely the one your teacher is interested in at this point.

anonymous · Answer

|dw:1354066211268:dw|This is when you take the end of the one vector and draw a perpendicular segment to the other vector.  The area from the vertex to the intersection is the projection.