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A spelunker is surveying a cave. She follows a passage 180 m straight west, then 210 m in a direction 45 east of south, and then 280 m at 30 east of north. After a fourth displacement, she finds herself back where she started. Use a scale drawing to determine the magnitude and direction of the fourth displacement. (See also 1.61 for a different approach.)

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QUESTION:

A spelunker is surveying a cave. She follows a passage 180 m straight west, then 210 m in a direction 45 east of south, and then 280 m at 30 east of north. After a fourth displacement, she finds herself back where she started. Use a scale drawing to determine the magnitude and direction of the fourth displacement. (See also 1.61 for a different approach.)

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The diagrammatic representation for displacement of spelunker during the journey is shown as:

                       

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