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When a particle moves in a straight line, we can take its motion to be positive in one specific direction and negative in the other. However, when this particle moves in three dimensions, plus or minus signs are no longer enough to specify the direction of motion. Instead, we must use a vector.
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Radi, H.A., Rasmussen, J.O. (2013). Vectors. In: Principles of Physics. Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-23026-4_2
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