Any vector can be expressed as a sum of a number of other vectors. The vectors which are summed are called the components of the original vector. When you want to add and subtract two dimensional ...

In this case on an object on a slope, the weight is a single force that can be resolved into two independent components: A 10 kg box slides down a frictionless slope. The slope is at 30° to the ...

Subtracting a vector is the same as adding a negative version of the vector (remember that making a vector negative means reversing its direction). \(\left( \begin{array}{l} a\\ b \end{array} ...