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How do you add 3 vectors using head-to-tail addition?

You look up the direction from you house to a new pizza place. You find the following steps to get there: first, go 5 miles Northeast, then go 10 miles South, and finally go 6 miles West. What is the total vector connecting your house and the pizza place?

Summary

  1. Convert each step into an individual vector

Notes

    1. Adding vectors is like following directions
    1. When you have a lot of vectors to add, just line up vectors head to tail
    2. The total vector connects the tail of the 5 vector with the head of the 6 vector