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Can three vectors not in a plane give zero resultant ? Can four vectors ?

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No , three vectors not in a plane cannot give a zero resultant .Because the resultant of two vectors in a plane will lie in the same plane . This resultant cannot cancel the third vector in another plane . Four vectors not in one plane can give a zero resultant .
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