Adding Two Vectors

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written by David M. Harrison

This website provides an animation of the addition of two vectors graphically. It also illustrates the commutative relationship of vector addition.

Please note that this resource requires Flash.

https://faraday.physics.utoronto.ca/PVB/Harrison/Flash/Vectors/Add...

Subjects	Levels	Resource Types
Mathematical Tools - Vector Algebra	- High School - Lower Undergraduate	- Instructional Material = Curriculum support = Interactive Simulation - Audio/Visual = Movie/Animation

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- Learners - Educators	- application/flash - text/html	Currently 0.0/5 Want to rate this material? Login here!

Access Rights:: Free access
Restriction:: © 2003 David M. Harrison
Keywords:: vector addition, vectors
Record Creator:: Metadata instance created December 10, 2005 by Cathy Ezrailson
Record Updated:: March 11, 2010 by Lyle Barbato
Last Update when Cataloged:: April 7, 2005
Other Collections:: The Physics Front

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D. Harrison, , Version 2005 (2003), WWW Document, (https://faraday.physics.utoronto.ca/PVB/Harrison/Flash/Vectors/Add2Vectors.html).

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D. Harrison, Adding Two Vectors, Version 2005 (2003), <https://faraday.physics.utoronto.ca/PVB/Harrison/Flash/Vectors/Add2Vectors.html>.

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Harrison, D. (2005, April 7). Adding Two Vectors. Retrieved May 1, 2025, from https://faraday.physics.utoronto.ca/PVB/Harrison/Flash/Vectors/Add2Vectors.html

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Harrison, David. Adding Two Vectors. April 7, 2005. https://faraday.physics.utoronto.ca/PVB/Harrison/Flash/Vectors/Add2Vectors.html (accessed 1 May 2025).

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Harrison, David. Adding Two Vectors. Vers. 2005. 2003. 7 Apr. 2005. 1 May 2025 <https://faraday.physics.utoronto.ca/PVB/Harrison/Flash/Vectors/Add2Vectors.html>.

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