How do you find the graphical solution when adding vectors

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Raelynn Fields

21 December, 09:19

How do you find the graphical solution when adding vectors

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Marisa Davis · Answer 1

Marisa Davis 21 December, 10:39

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draw and label the given info

Bryan Dean · Answer 2

To add truths you must first take into account that you must use the same scale for all vectors.

Then you plot one of the vectors V1. Then you trace the second vector, starting from the end of the first vector (the tip of the arrow), taking care and respecting the angle, length and direction. The sum of the two vectors is the resulting vector that is drawn from the beginning of the first vector to the tip of the second vector.

This method is called the tail-to-tip method and can be used with more than two vectors.

Another method for adding two vectors is the parallelogram method. In this method both vectors are drawn from a common origin. A parallelogram is formed using the two as adjacent sides, that is, making a line parallel to each vector. The result is the diagonal that is drawn from the common origin.