Parallelogram Law of Vectors

Consider two vectors as shown in the figure. Vector is displaced

parallel to itself till the tail end of both the vectors touch at a point O. The
parallelogram is completed as shown in the figure. Applying the law of triangle of
vectors, to the triangle OAC, we have,
The above example can be stated in the following way as the law of parallelogram
of vectors - If two vectors, acting simultaneously at a point, can be represented
both in magnitude and direction by the two adjacent sides of a parallelogram
drawn from a point, then the resultant is represented completely, both in
magnitude and direction by the diagonal of the parallelogram passing through the
point.
In the figure, two vectors are completely represented by the two sides
OA and OB respectively of a parallelogram. Then, according to the law of
parallelogram of vectors, the diagonal OC of the parallelogram will be resultant
, such that
Special cases
In this case, q = 0
0
b = 0
0
i.e., the resultant vector also points in the direction of the given vector.
In this case,
The resultant acts in the direction of the larger vector