College Physics
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Chapter 3, Problem 22PE
A farmer wants to fence off his four-sided plot of flat land. He measures the first three sides, shown as A, B, and C in Figure 3.62, and then correctly calculates the length and orientation of the fourth side D. What is his result?
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A Texas rancher wants to fence off his four-sided plot of flat land. He measures the first three sides, shown as A, B, and C in Figure 3.27,
where A = 4.05 km and Oc = 19°. He then correctly calculates the length and orientation of the fourth side D. What is his result?
D =
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OD =
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C = 3.02 km
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A farmer wants to fence off his four-sided plot of flat land, as shown in the figure. He measures the first three sides, labeled as A, B, and C, where A = 4.69 km, B = 2.37 km, and C = 3.02 km, and then correctly calculates the length and orientation of the fourth side D.
What is the orientation of the vector D, in degrees west of south?
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