During a walk through a park, a person wanders to look at three different gardens.  The person makes three successive displacements as follows, 30 paces due north (vector A), 50 paces @ 15o south of east (vector B), and 40 paces due west (vector C). Using the head-to-tail method of vector addition make a rough sketch of the resultant displacement vector. Using the component method of vector addition, determine the

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During a walk through a park, a person wanders to look at three different gardens.  The person makes three successive displacements as follows, 30 paces due north (vector A), 50 paces @ 15o south of east (vector B), and 40 paces due west (vector C).

  1. Using the head-to-tail method of vector addition make a rough sketch of the resultant displacement vector.
  2. Using the component method of vector addition, determine the magnitude (in paces) and direction of the resultant displacement vector. ________ @ __________

 

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