The document discusses breaking vectors into perpendicular components. It provides an example of resolving a displacement vector of Janice walking 10 km northeast, then 4 km west, and 1.9 km north into its east and north components. The total displacement is calculated to be 3.1 km east and 9 km north, for a total displacement of 9.5 km in a northeast direction. Practice problems are provided to reinforce working with vector components.