Question
What is the vector sum of two or more vectors called?
Answer
It is called the resultant vector, or simply the resultant.
If several vectors are , their resultant is
The resultant is a vector, so it has both magnitude and direction. It represents the single vector with the same combined effect as the vectors being added. In component form,
If the component sums all equal zero, the resultant is the zero vector.
Evidence boundary
The question asks for the name of the vector sum and supplies no numerical vectors. This answer therefore defines the resultant but does not invent a magnitude, direction, diagram, or component values.
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