Part 2: Chapter 4 Applications of vectors
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# 4.3 Vector algebra with components

So far, we have explored how to visually combine vectors using mathematical operations such as addition and subtraction. We did this with arrows as representations of vectors, but we can also apply the operations algebraically by expressing vectors in component form.

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