Stage 27 · Plane Vectors

27.2.2 The Parallelogram Rule for Addition

27.2 Adding, Subtracting, and Scaling Vectors

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27.2.2 The Parallelogram Rule for Addition

Core idea

When two forces pull from the same point, build a parallelogram on them and its diagonal is the combined force 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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