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The addition, or composition, of two vectors can be accomplished either algebraically or graphically. For example, to add the two vectors U [-3,1] and V [5,2], one can add their corresponding components to find the resultant vector R [2,3], or one can graph U and V on a set of coordinate axes and complete the parallelogram formed with U and V as adjacent sides to obtain R as the diagonal from the common vertex of U and V.

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