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Addition and Subtraction of Vectors 5 Fig. A.13 shows A to be the vector sum of Ax and Ay.That is, AA A=+xy.The vectors Ax and Ay lie along the x and y axes; therefore, we say that the vector A has been resolved into its x and y components. The unit vectors i and j are directed along the x and y axes as shown in Fig. A.13. Using the technique of Fig.