Extra - Addition of Vectors

• Since a vector describes both magnitude and direction, adding vectors must take into account the direction

• Add vectors “head to tail” to get resultant vector

• Example: A = B + C

• Subtraction is just adding the negative  C = A - B

O

C

B

A

O

C

B

A

O

C

- B

A

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