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If you wish to add the vectors, then the component parts must be added. For example if one vector is 3i + 2j - 4k, (i j & k are orthogonal direction vectors in the x y and z directions respectively), and say another vector is 2i + 8k {nothing in the j direction}, you would need to add the components individually.So in this example the new i component is (3 + 2)i = 5i and the new j component is (2 + 0)j = 2j, and the new k component is (-4 + 8)k = 4k. The vector sum of those two vectors is 5i + 2j + 4k.

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