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Grade 8General Physics

Can any one of the components of a vector have a greater magnitude than that of the given vector itself? What would be your answer for the rectangular component of a vector?

Profile image of Pinaki Gupta
15 Years agoGrade 8
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Profile image of Chetan Mandayam Nayakar
ApprovedApproved Tutor Answer15 Years ago

in the case of rectangular components, the given vector is greater than or equal to in magnitude than any of its components. this is obvious from the vector addition rule based on the Pythagorean theorem.