Vectooooooooor!

"I go by Vector. It's a mathematical term, represented by an arrow with both direction and magnitude. Vector!  That's me, because i commit crimes with both direction and magnitude. Oh yeah!"
- Vector. Despicable Me

This explains the definition of a vector! Excluding the "crime" part, a vector is an object with both direction and magnituuuuuuude! We learned that in adding and subtracting vectors, we measure from the tail of the first vector to the tip of the last. Lastly, we learned that a resultant vector is the answer (tail to tip).

In the picture below, my sister and dad are throwing a volleyball in our driveway. My dad is 12 feet infront and 5 feet to the left of my sister (red vectors). When represented with vectors, you can find the distance the ball traveled by finding the hypotenuse of the right triangle formed (green). Using the pythagorean theorem, i found that the ball traveled 13 ft. We did something similar in class with a football but I only have volleyballs!
There's a lot more to learn about vectors!