About this lab

Drag two vectors and see their sum tip-to-tail and by parallelogram, their difference, and their x and y components. Then try practice questions.

Ideas covered: vector addition, vector subtraction, components, magnitude and direction.

Common questions

How do you add two vectors graphically?

Draw the first vector, then draw the second starting at the first one’s tip. The resultant runs from the start of the first to the tip of the second (tip-to-tail).