Resultant

Imagine you have two arrows, one pointing to the right and the other pointing upwards. These arrows are called vectors. The one pointing to the right has a certain length and the one pointing upwards has a different length.

Now, if you want to know where you'll end up if you follow both of these arrows at the same time, you need to find the "resultant" of the two vectors. This is the name we give to the single arrow that you will end up following.

Finding the resultant can be a little tricky, but thankfully there are some easy rules to follow. First, you need to draw both arrows starting from the same point. Then, you draw a line that connects the end point of the first arrow (the one pointing to the right) to the end point of the second arrow (the one pointing upwards).

Now draw a new arrow that starts at the same point as the first two but ends at the end of the line you just drew. This new arrow is the resultant.

The length and direction of the resultant are important. The length tells you how far you will end up from the starting point. The direction tells you which way you'll be facing when you get there.

So, in summary, the resultant is a single arrow that you end up following when you combine two different arrows (vectors) together. It has a certain length and direction, and you find it by drawing a line connecting the two original arrows and then drawing a new arrow that follows that line.