l"hc addition (or subtraction) oflwo or marc l'cetoTs arc greatl)' simplifi~'d
if the vcctors arc expressed in terms of their Cartesian components, For
example. if A = A~i + Ayj + A ~l.: a lld 8 = B.,i + B).j + B" I.: .Fig.2- 29.
thcn lhe rcsultant I'cctor. R, has components which arc thc S(!al3T sums of
the i. j . 1.: components of A and R. i.e ..