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Add and subtract vectors

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  1. Add two vectors graphically using the head-to-tail (end-to-end) method.
  2. Add two vectors graphically using the parallelogram rule.
  3. Add vectors component-wise and verify the result agrees with graphical methods.
  4. Explain why the magnitude of a sum of two vectors is typically not the sum of the magnitudes.
  5. Given two vectors in magnitude-and-direction form, find the magnitude and direction of their sum.
  6. Define vector subtraction as adding the additive inverse; represent subtraction graphically and component-wise.

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