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How do we use positive and negative signs to communicate the direction of a vector

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Two vectors are equal if they have the same magnitude and the same direction. Just like scalars which can have positive or negative values, vectors can also be positive or negative. A negative vector is a vector which points in the direction opposite to the reference positive direction.

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