Resultant is a single vector that represents the combined effect of two or more individual vectors acting on a body or at a point. It shows the overall magnitude and direction of all the forces, velocities, or other vector quantities applied. In other words, the resultant is the vector sum of all the component vectors and can replace them without changing the physical effect on the system. For example, if several forces act on an object, the resultant force determines the object’s motion according to Newton’s laws. The process of finding the resultant involves combining the vectors using graphical or mathematical methods such as the parallelogram law, triangle law, or vector addition formulas.
