A cyclist rides 3 km west and then turns around and rides 2 km east. (a) What is her displacement? (b) What distance does she ride? (c) What is the magnitude of her displacement?

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Q: While playing ultimate Frisbee, you run north for 10m, then east for 30m, and finally 34m in a…

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Q: While vacationing in the prairie you go on a nature walk. First you walk 260 m south, then a coyote…

A: d1→ = 260 m due south d2→ = 180 m due south west d3→ = 140 m @30o east of north

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Q: You drive 9.00 km in a straight line in a direction 20° East of North.   (a) Find the distances…

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Q: A player on a soccer field walks 100 meters to the East, turns North and walks 150 meters, turns…

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Q: A person going for a walk follows the path shown in the figure, where y, = 312 m and 0 = 66.0°. The…

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Q: In downtown Chicago, the east-west blocks are 400 ftft long while the north-south blocks are 280…

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Q: A truck travels due east for a distance of 1.7 km, turns around and goes due west for 7.5 km, and…

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Q: In reaching her destination, a backpacker walks with an average velocity of 1.18 m/s, due west. This…

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Q: Mimi leaves home to travel 6.5mi due east. Then She goes 3mi due south and in the last leg she goes…

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Q: While vacationing in the prairie you go on a nature walk. First you walk 160 m south, then a coyote…

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Q: What is the resultant displacement of a car that travels 2 km north and then turns and travels 4 km…

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Q: A paper delivery person walks 1.5km (East), then 2.0km (North), then 3.0km (West) and finally 3.0km…

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Q: The vertical displacement (in m) of a plane is  1.5 t2 up; t is the time (in s) after takeoff. The…

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Q: A car is 2.52 km west of a traffic light at t = 0 and 4.28 km east of the light at t = 6.00 min.…

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Q: After driving around and undergoing a displacement of Ar, = 21.5 km and Ar, = -14.7 km, a driver…

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Q: A man runs full speed towards 40m north. He turns around and runs back 5m south and stops under a…

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Q: The coordinates of a bee flying in the xy-plane are given by x(t) = At and y(t) = C-Bt², where 1 =…

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Q: A truck travels due east for a distance of 1.2 km, turns around and goes due west for 7.2 km, and…

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Q: A rocket follows a path givent by y=x-1/40 x^3(in miles).  The horizontal velocity is given by Vx=x,…

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Q: A cannonball was shot upward from a 50 meter tower. The cannonball traveled a total x displacement…

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Q: A plane travels 4 km east and finds itself 5 km North and East of its starting point. Find the y…

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Q: a)What is the magnitude (in km) and direction (in degrees south of east) of his displacement during…

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Q: A person going for a walk follows the path shown in the figure, where y, = 270 m and e = 56.0°. The…

A: The following data are given: The displacement vectors are: d1→=100m i^ d2→=-270m j^ d3→=-150cos30°m…

Q: The vertical displacement (in m) of a plane is  1.5 t2 up; t is the time (in s) after takeoff. The…

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Scalars and Vectors

Scalars and Vectors are the classification of physical quantities that are used to denote various terms in physics.