Yes, as long as the direction is exactly opposite (180 degrees from each other).
A vector has both magnitude and direction.
a unit vector is a vector which has exact same direction and has its length or magnitude equal to one
When they point in the same direction.
The parallelogram method involves placing two vectors such that they originate from the same point, forming a parallelogram, and the resultant vector is represented by the diagonal of this shape. For the polygon method, vectors are arranged in sequence, where the tail of one vector is placed at the head of the previous vector, and the resultant vector is drawn from the start of the first vector to the end of the last vector. Both methods visually depict how vectors combine to form a resultant vector.
Convenient notation for vectors of the same magnitude but in the opposite direction.
If vector a and b are truly identical, their resultant angle will be the same. Their resultant velocity will not be the same, however. Assuming you mean the magnitudes are the same, the two vectors will be at an angle of 120o
The combined displacement vector would be 8 meters in the same direction as the individual vectors, as you simply add the magnitudes of the vectors together.
8m in the same direction.
Displacement vector in the same direction = 3 m + 5 m = 8 m.
a unit vector is a vector which has exact same direction and has its length or magnitude equal to one
The combined displacement vector will have a magnitude of 8m. This is found by simply adding the magnitudes of the two original displacement vectors together (3m + 5m = 8m), since they are in the same direction.
When two displacement vectors are in the same direction, you add them together to find the resultant displacement. This is because they are working together to move an object further in that direction.
resultant vector is a vector which will have the same effect as the sum of all the component vectors taken together.
No, displacement is a vector quantity that measures the change in position of an object from its initial point to its final point, while resultant is a vector that represents the sum or combination of all individual vectors acting on an object.
When adding vectors in one dimension, the position of the head of the arrow represents the final displacement or position based on the individual vector components. It shows the combined effect of the vectors acting in the same direction or opposite directions.
24 m west. The displacement vectors of 10 m west and 14 m west align in the same direction, so their resultant vector will simply be the sum of the magnitudes, which is 24 m west.
No, you cannot directly add two vector quantities unless they are of the same type (e.g., both displacement vectors or velocity vectors). Otherwise, vector addition requires breaking down the vectors into their components and adding corresponding components together.
Start with a point O. Draw a line OA in the direction of the first vector and whose length represents the magnitude of that vector (to some scale). From A, draw the line AB in the direction of the second vector and whose length represents the magnitude of that second vector (to the same scale). Then the direction and length of the straight line OB represent the direction and (to the same scale) the magnitude of the resultant vector.