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Extremely confused. "Show that the two vectors can be added as a + b or as b + a yet still provide the same resultant.

Extremely confused. "Show that the two vectors can be added as a + b or as b-example-1

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you can prove this by using the commutative property:

a + b = b + a

basically, as long as they are the same length

a + b = c(resultant vector)

and

b + a = c(resultant vector.

hope this helps

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