Linear Algebra Preview

Subject: Math  ·  Grade level: 11th

Vectors, matrices, dot products, and linear transformations — your runway to college math.

In this lesson

• Vectors
• Dot product
• Matrices
• Linear transformations

Key terms

Magnitude

Length of a vector. For ⟨a,b⟩ it's √(a²+b²).

Scalar

An ordinary number (not a vector).

Unit vector

A vector with magnitude 1.

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