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The magnitude of the vector u is 12 and the magnitude of the vector v is 8. The angle between vectors is 61°. What is the magnitude of the vector u + v?
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- geometry
- analytic geometry
- vector
- planimetrics
- triangle
- The Law of Cosines
- goniometry and trigonometry
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