of: two vectors
and
is: the vector that results from the vector addition of those vectors. [M2.4, P2.2]
may be constructed graphically: by means of the triangle rule or the parallelogram rule. [M2.4, P2.2]
is expressed algebraically: (for three-dimensional vectors) by the rule
[M2.4, P2.2]
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