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scalar. For example, if



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Division of a vector by a scalar is analogous.


B. Addition of Vectors
The addition of two vectors is the vector resulting from adding their corre-
sponding components. For example:


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Only vectors with the same number of components can be added.


Acknowledgments


This manuscript was completed while I was a Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Be-
havioral Sciences in 1993–1994. I am grateful for support from the National Science Foundation
(DBS-9222358 and SES-9022192) and for valuable comments from Diana Raffman, Carol Krumhansl,
Eugene Narmour, Caroline Palmer, Einar Mencl, Subhobrata Mitra, Mark McNellis, and Denise
Vargas.


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