Vectors cannot be added by usual algebraic rules. While adding two vectors, the magnitude and the direction of the vectors must be taken into account. Triangle law is used to add two vectors, the diagram below shows two vectors “a” and “b” and the resultant is calculated after their addition. Vector addition follows commutative property, this means that the resultant vector is independent of the order in which the two vectors are added.
�⃗+�⃗=�⃗a+b=c
�⃗+�⃗=�⃗+�⃗ a+b=b+a – (Commutative Property)
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