SOLUTION: A student adds two displacement vectors that have the magnitudes of 12.0 meters and 5.0 meters. What is a possible answer for the magnitude of the resultant vector?

Question 348483: A student adds two displacement vectors that have the magnitudes of 12.0 meters and 5.0 meters. What is a possible answer for the magnitude of the resultant vector?
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The values can range from the maximum where the vectors are aligned and in opposite directions to the minimum where the vectors are aligned and point in the same direction .

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