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Choose the wrong statement.

A

Three vector of different magnitudes may be combined to give zero resultant.

B

Two vectors of different magnitudes can be combined to give a zero resultant.

C

The product of a scalar and a vector is a vector quantity.

D

All of the above are wrong statements.

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The correct Answer is:
B

For the resultant of two vectors to be zero, they should be equal and opposite .
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  15. The resultant of two vectors vec(P) and vec(Q) is vec(R ). If the magn...

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