Fach unit on a trail map equals 1 foot. A hiker is at map coordinates (450,700), and the park ranger station is northeast of the hiker. Which vector could represent the hiker's direct path to the ranger station?

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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.