Addition of two vectors

Aug 08, 2022, 16:45 IST

About addition of two vectors

TRIANGLE LAW OF ADDITION

PARALLELOGRAM LAW OF ADDITION

The sum can also be obtained by bringing the initial points of  and  together and then completing the parallelogram OACB

POLYGON LAW OF ADDITION

LINEAR COMBINATIONS OF VECTORS
Two collinear vectors are always linearly dependent.
Two non-collinear non-zero vectors are always linearly independent
Three coplanar vectors are always linearly dependent.
Three non-coplanar non-zero vectors are always linearly independent.
More than 3 vectors are always linearly dependent.
Three points with position vectors  are collinear 

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