Stage 27 · Plane Vectors

27.2.3 Subtracting Vectors

27.2 Adding, Subtracting, and Scaling Vectors

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27.2.3 Subtracting Vectors

Core idea

a−b is the arrow pointing from the tip of b to the tip of a, which is the same as 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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