📈ap pre-calculus review

Position vector

Written by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025
Verified for the 2027 exam
Verified for the 2027 examWritten by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025

Definition

A vector-valued function p(t) = ⟨x(t), y(t)⟩ that represents the location of a particle in a plane at time t; its magnitude gives the distance from the origin.

AP course connection

Topic 4.9: 4.9 Vector-Valued Functions

Unit 4