Can two vectors, of unequal magnitude, add up to give the zero vector? Can three unequal

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Can two vectors, of unequal magnitude, add up to give the zero vector? Can three unequal vectors? Under what conditions?

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Can two vectors, of unequal magnitude, add up to give the zero vector? Can three unequal vectors? Under what conditions?

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No, two vectors of an unequal vector cannot add up to zero. But three vector of unequal vector add up to can give result zero since the triangle of the sum will be zero. The given below is the free body diagram.

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