...be represented in magnitude and direction by a straight line, and the resultant motion of the point is represented in magnitude and direction by the diagonal of the parallelogram of which the two lines representing the component velocities are sides. Thus, if a point, P (Fig. 225),...

...be represented in magnitude and direction by a straight line, and the resultant motion of the point is represented in magnitude and direction by the diagonal of the parallelogram of which the two lines representing the component velocities are sides. Thus, if a point, P (Fig. 225),...

...be represented in magnitude and direction by a straight line, and the resultant motion of the point is represented in magnitude and direction by the diagonal of the parallelogram of which the two lines representing the component velocities are sides. Thus, if a point, P (Fig. 225),...

...be represented in magnitude and direction by a straight line, and the resultant motion of the point is represented in magnitude and direction by the diagonal of the parallelogram of which the two lines representing the component velocities are sides. Thus, if a point, P (Fig. 225),...

...direction by the two sides of a parallelogram, drawn from a point, they are equivalent to a velocity which is represented in magnitude and direction by the diagonal of the parallelogram passing through the point. Let the two simultaneous velocities be represented by the lines AB and AC,...

...velocity. We therefore have the following theorem: The resultant of two concurrent coplanar velocities is represented in magnitude and direction by the diagonal of the parallelogram constructed upon the component velocities as sides; the component velocities being drawn from a common...

...force is the same with respect to their point of intersection; then the resultant of the two forces is represented in magnitude and direction by the diagonal of the parallelogram through the point of intersection. If the sense of the two forces is away from the point of intersection,...

...force is the same with respect to their point of intersection; then the resultant of the two forces is represented in magnitude and direction by the diagonal of the parallelogram through the point of intersection. If the sense of the two forces is away from the point of intersection,...

...at a point are represented in magnitude and direction by the two adjacent sides of a parallelogram, their resultant is represented in magnitude and direction by the diagonal of the parallelogram which passes through the point of intersection of the two sides representing the forces. In Fig. 1...

...and FT be represented in magnitude and direction by two sides of a parallelogram meeting at A. Then R is represented in magnitude and direction by the diagonal of the parallelogram from A, as shown in Figure 1.3. This is an empirical result referred to as the parallelogram law. The...