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Adding Perpendicular Vectors.

OCR AS-level PhysicsQuantities and UnitsLesson 7 of 10

If two vector quantities act from the same point and are perpendicular to each other,Diagram
there are two ways to add them and find the resultant of the two vectors.

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vector quantity
A quantity that has both magnitude and direction.

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