parallelogram law

use when the vectors are arranged from tail to tail

triangle law

use when the vectors are arranged from head to tail

cosine law

<aside> 💡 $c = \sqrt{a^2+b^2-2ab*cos\alpha}$

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finding resultant displacement with 2+ vectors using componenets

• find the x and y components of each given displacement vector
• add the x and y components to get resultant x and y components
  • use those two large components to find the resultant displacement