True or false: adding vectors

Exercise and reference answers

Questions

1. Statement is true

   Yes

   Statement

   The three sides of a triangle taken in order sum to the zero vector.

2. Statement is true

   Yes

   Statement

   Two coinitial vectors add along the diagonal of their parallelogram.

3. Statement is true

   No

   Statement

   Vector addition requires the vectors to be equal.

4. Statement is true

   Yes

   Statement

   Adding two vectors gives another vector.

5. Statement is true

   No

   Statement

   Vector addition is done by adding magnitudes only.

Explanation