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24. Suppose you get in your helicopter and you fly 10 mi in the direction of 205◦
, and then you fly 30 mi in the direction of
120◦
.
24a. Find your displacement.
Note: your displacement is the vector that goes from your starting point to your ending point. It tells you how your position
changed.
24b. How far did you go?
24c. What direction would you need to fly if you wanted to go back to where you started?
25. A plane is flying through the air. If there were no wind, then the plane would be flying at a speed of 180 mph in the
direction of 40◦
. But the wind is blowing at a speed of 25 mph in the direction of 80◦
.
25a. How fast is the plane going?
25b. In what direction is the plane flying?

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