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Vectors can be added graphically: draw one vector on paper, move the other so that its tail coincides with the head of the first.
Vectors can also be added by components. Just add the corresponding components together. For example, if one vector is (10, 0) and the other is (0, 5) (those two would be perpendicular), the combined vector is (10+ 0, 0 + 5), that is, (10, 5). Such a vector can also be converted to polar coordinates, that is, a length and an angle; use the "rectangular to polar" conversion on your scientific calculator to do that.
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How would you add two vectors that are not perpendicular or parallel?
To add two vectors that aren't parallel or perpindicular you resolve both of the planes displacement vectors into "x' and "y" components and then add the components together. (parallelogram technique graphically)
When sum and difference vector of two vectors are perpendicular .are the vectors too perpendicular?
Yes.
How do you add two vectors that aren't parallel or perpendicular?
To add two vectors that aren't parallel or perpindicular you resolve both of the planes displacement vectors into "x' and "y" components and then add the components together. (parallelogram technique graphically)AnswerResolve both of the planes displacement vectors into x and y components and then add the components
A vedtor which is perpendicular to every vector?
The zero vector is not perpendicular to all vectors, but it is orthogonal to all vectors.
What is the difference between orthogonal and orthonormal vectors?
All vectors that are perpendicular (their dot product is zero) are orthogonal vectors.Orthonormal vectors are orthogonal unit vectors. Vectors are only orthonormal if they are both perpendicular have have a length of 1.
