Monday, May 9, 2011

PARALLELOGRAM LAW OF VECTOR ADDITION

ADDITION OF VECTORS

PARALLELOGRAM LAW OF VECTOR ADDITION

Acccording to the parallelogram law of vector addition:
"If two vector quantities are represented by two adjacent sides or a parallelogram
then the diagonal of parallelogram will be equal to the resultant of these two vectors."

EXPLANATION

Consider two vectors . Let the vectors have the following orientation

parallelogram of these vectors is :
According to parallelogram law:
MAGNITUDE OF
RESULTANT VECTOR

Magintude or resultant vector can be determined by using either sine law or cosine law.

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