Starting in Albany, you travel a distance 130 miles in a direction 15.8 degrees north of west. Then, from this new position, you travel another distance 146 miles in a direction 15.3 degrees north of east. In your final position, what is your displacement from Albany? O 76 miles 78.0 degrees North of West O 276 miles 31.1 degrees North of East O 224 miles 29.3 degrees North of West O 276 miles 31.1 degrees North of West

Starting in Albany, you travel a distance 130 miles in a direction 15.8 degrees north of west. Then, from this new position, you travel another distance 146 miles in a direction 15.3 degrees north of east. In your final position, what is your displacement from Albany? O 76 miles 78.0 degrees North of West O 276 miles 31.1 degrees North of East O 224 miles 29.3 degrees North of West O 276 miles 31.1 degrees North of West

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Starting in Albany, you travel a distance 130 miles in a direction 15.8 degrees north of west. Then, from this new position, you travel another
distance 146 miles in a direction 15.3 degrees north of east. In your final position, what is your displacement from Albany?
76 miles 78.0 degrees North of West
276 miles 31.1 degrees North of East
224 miles 29.3 degrees North of West
276 miles 31.1 degrees North of West

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