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State with reasons, whether the following algebraic operations with scalar and vector physical quantities are meaningful: a) adding any two scalars, b) adding a scalar to a vector of the same dimentions,
c) multiplying any vector by any scalar. D) multiplying any two scalar, e) adding any two vectors, f) adding a component of a vector to the same vector.

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Only (iii) and (iv) are permissible
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