You can convince yourself that this rule is equivalent to the familiar triangle and

parallelogram rules for vector addition.) An important example of a vector sum is

the
resultant force on an object: When two forces Fa and Fb act on an object, the
effect
is the same as a single force, the resultant force, which is just the vector sum
F = Fa + Fb
as given by the vector addition law (1.4).
If c is a scalar (that is, an ordinary number) and r is a vector, the product cr is
given by
cr = (cr1 , cr2 , cr3). (S