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Head to Tail Rule:
Given two unequal vectors:
1. Place the initial point of one vector at endpoint of the
other vector.
2. Make a triangle from the joined vectors and the third
vector is the vector sum of the two vectors.
If two vectors having the same direction but different
magnitude, their vector sum is the sum of the magnitudes in the
same direction.
If two vectors have the same magnitude and are in opposite directions
their vector sum is a zero vector.
If two vectors are in opposite direction and have different
magnitudes, then their vector sum is the difference in magnitudes
of the vectors in the direction of the vector with the larger
magnitude.
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