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How do you subtract opposing vectors?
This tutorial will give a you a nice trick for subtracting vectors that point in exactly opposite directions.
Summary

Notes
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- Flip the vector around by rotating 180 degrees
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- Imagine swinging the vector with its tail in place
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- We turned our subtraction problem into an addition problem
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- You can add parallel vectors by just adding the lengths together
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- Subtracting opposite vectors is like adding parallel vectors
- The total vector has the same direction as the positive vector, and has a length equal to the sum of the lengths