Answer:
vector quantities are resolved into their component form (along the x and y-axis) before adding them. Let us assume that two vectors are
→
a
=
x
1
^
i
+
y
1
^
j
and
→
b
=
x
2
^
i
+
y
2
^
j
, we can find the sum of two vectors as follows.
→
a
+
→
b
=
x
1
^
i
+
y
1
^
j
+
x
2
^
i
+
y
2
^
j
=
(
x
1
+
x
2
)
^
i
+
(
y
1
+
y
2
)
^
j
The direction of the sum of the vectors (with positive x-axis) is,
θ
=
tan
−
1
(
y
1
+
y
2
x
1
+
x
2
)
Answer:
Same direction to produce maximum magnitude and opposite direction to produce minimum magnitude
Explanation:
Let a be the angle between vectors A and B. Generally when we add A to B, we can split A into 2 sub vectors, 1 parallel to B and the other perpendicular to B.
Also let A and B be the magnitude of vector A and B, respectively.
We have the parallel component after addition be
Acos(a) + B
And the perpendicular component after addition be
Asin(a)
The magnitude of the resulting vector would be




As A and B are fixed, the equation above is maximum when cos(a) = 1, meaning a = 0 degree and vector A and B are in the same direction, and minimum with cos(a) = -1, meaning a = 180 degree and vector A and B are in opposite direction.
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