Stage 27 · Plane Vectors

27.2.1 The Triangle Rule for Addition

27.2 Adding, Subtracting, and Scaling Vectors

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27.2.1 The Triangle Rule for Addition

Core idea

Walk along a first, then continue along b, and the straight arrow from your start to your finish is the sum a+b.

Module goal. Define the three linear operations, addition, subtraction, and scalar multiplication, by drawing arrows, and learn the rules that govern them.
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