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Which relationships hold true for the sum of the magnitudes of vectors u and v, which are perpendicular?

Which relationships hold true for the sum of the magnitudes of vectors u and v, which-example-1
User Lydia
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check the picture below.


notice, the sum of u+v yields the red vector, and its magnitude is smaller than the sum of the other two green ones.

Which relationships hold true for the sum of the magnitudes of vectors u and v, which-example-1
User Sasa Shree
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it is

B) ||u+v|| = sqrt ||u||2 + ||v||2

AND

D) ||u+v|| less than ||u||+||v||

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