A delivery man starts at the post office, drives 35 km north, then 15 km west, then 55 km northeast, and finally 45 km north to stop for lunch. Use a graphical method to find his net displacementvector. (Enter the magnitude in kilometers and the direction in degrees counterclockwise from the east axis.)magnitudekmdirection° counterclockwise from the east axis An adventurous dog strays from home, runs five blocks east, three blocks north, two blocks east, four blocks north, and three blocks west. Assuming that each block is about 100 m, how far (in m)from home and in what direction (in degrees counterclockwise from the east axis) is the dog? Use a graphical method.magnitudemdirectioncounterclockwise from the east axis

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A delivery man starts at the post office, drives 35 km north, then 15 km west, then 55 km northeast, and finally 45 km north to stop for lunch. Use a graphical method to find his net displacement vector. (Enter the magnitude in kilometers and the direction in degrees counterclockwise from the east axis.) magnitude km direction ° counterclockwise from the east axis

A delivery man starts at the post office, drives 35 km north, then 15 km west, then 55 km northeast, and finally 45 km north to stop for lunch. Use a graphical method to find his net displacement vector. (Enter the magnitude in kilometers and the direction in degrees counterclockwise from the east axis.) magnitude km direction ° counterclockwise from the east axis

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A delivery man starts at the post office, drives 35 km north, then 15 km west, then 55 km northeast, and finally 45 km north to stop for lunch. Use a graphical method to find his net displacement
vector. (Enter the magnitude in kilometers and the direction in degrees counterclockwise from the east axis.)
magnitude
km
direction
° counterclockwise from the east axis

An adventurous dog strays from home, runs five blocks east, three blocks north, two blocks east, four blocks north, and three blocks west. Assuming that each block is about 100 m, how far (in m)
from home and in what direction (in degrees counterclockwise from the east axis) is the dog? Use a graphical method.
magnitude
m
direction
counterclockwise from the east axis

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