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title: "scaleAndAdd | JavaScript maps SDK"
description: "Documentation for MapTiler SDK"
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# Function scaleAndAdd

-   scaleAndAdd(out: [vec3](https://docs.maptiler.com/sdk-js/api-reference/types/Externals.vec3/), a: [ReadonlyVec3](https://docs.maptiler.com/sdk-js/api-reference/types/Externals.ReadonlyVec3/), b: [ReadonlyVec3](https://docs.maptiler.com/sdk-js/api-reference/types/Externals.ReadonlyVec3/), scale: number): [vec3](https://docs.maptiler.com/sdk-js/api-reference/types/Externals.vec3/)[](#scaleandadd)
    
    Adds two vec3's after scaling the second operand by a scalar value
    
    #### Parameters
    
    -   out: [vec3](https://docs.maptiler.com/sdk-js/api-reference/types/Externals.vec3/)
        
        the receiving vector
        
    -   a: [ReadonlyVec3](https://docs.maptiler.com/sdk-js/api-reference/types/Externals.ReadonlyVec3/)
        
        the first operand
        
    -   b: [ReadonlyVec3](https://docs.maptiler.com/sdk-js/api-reference/types/Externals.ReadonlyVec3/)
        
        the second operand
        
    -   scale: number
        
        the amount to scale b by before adding
        
    
    #### Returns [vec3](https://docs.maptiler.com/sdk-js/api-reference/types/Externals.vec3/)
    
    out