Adding two perpendicular vectors head to tail

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On a grid, vector A 6 squares to the right, then vector B 8 squares up from its tip, with the dashed resultant R from A’s tail to B’s tip and its angle marked θ — Two vectors drawn to scale head to tail on a grid: A, 6 squares to the right, then B, 8 squares straight up from A’s tip. The dashed resultant R runs from A’s tail to B’s tip, with its angle above the horizontal marked θ.

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Answer key (angles counterclockwise from the right)

A: 6 squares at 0°
B: 8 squares at 90°
Resultant R: 10 squares at 53.1°

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