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How do you add 2 vectors and subtract a third using head-to-tail addition?

Given vectors A, B, and C, find the total vector given by A + B - C.

Summary

  1. Turn subtraction problems into addition problems by adding the negative of the vector that you are subtracting.

Notes

    1. When you flip C, you rotate it about its tail, and you get the vector -C
    1. The parallelogram rule only works for two vectors at a time
    1. The vector connecting the tail of A to the head of C is the total vector