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1. Vectors and scalars


The negative of a vector	Page 3 of 4

The negative of the vector from A to B is the vector from B to A. It has the same length as ---> AB

but the opposite direction.

Thus the negative of the vector ---> AB is ---> BA and we also write - --> BA = - ---> AB .

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