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A ship leaves the island of Guam and sails 285 km at 40.0°

Chapter 1, Problem 78P

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A ship leaves the island of Guam and sails 285 km at 40.0° north of west. In which direction must it now head and how far must it sail so that its resultant displacement will be 115 km directly east of Guam?

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A ship leaves the island of Guam and sails 285 km at 40.0° north of west. In which direction must it now head and how far must it sail so that its resultant displacement will be 115 km directly east of Guam?

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Solution 78P STEP 1: The graphical representation for the problem is given below. Here the initial displacement was 285 km towards north-west. Finally the sailor should reach 115 km towards east from his starting position. So, the vector OA = 285 a

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