A car is driven west for a distance of 50 km, then north for 30 km, and then in direction 30° east of north for 25 km. Determine the total displacement of the car from its starting point by drawing the vector diagram
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We can represent this as a vector pointing to the left (since west is typically represented as left on a map) with a length of 50 units. Show more…
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