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Author: William Moebs, Samuel J. Ling, Jeff Sanny

Publisher: OpenStax - Rice University

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Chapter 4, Problem 20P

A bird files straight northeast a distance of 95.0 km for 3.0 h. With the x -axis due east and the y -axis due north, what is the displacement in unit vector notation for the bird? What is the average velocity for the trip?

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