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How do you add vectors with the parallelogram rule?

In this tutorial you will become an expert on the general methods for adding up vectors.

Summary

  1. Lining up vectors head to tail allows you to add up as many vectors as you like
  2. You can only add two vectors at a time using the parallelogram rule.

Notes

    1. The letters A and B without arrows on top mean the magnitude or length of vectors A and B
    2. The straight path connecting the tail of vector A to the tip of vector B is the sum of vectors A and B
    1. A parallelogram is a shape where opposite sides are equal and parallel
    2. Connect the long diagonal from the tails of the two vectors