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Chapter 3, Problem 3.1(choose chapter or problem)
A car is driven 225 km west and then 98 km southwest (45). What is the displacement of the car from the point of origin (magnitude and direction)? Draw a diagram.
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QUESTION:
A car is driven 225 km west and then 98 km southwest (45). What is the displacement of the car from the point of origin (magnitude and direction)? Draw a diagram.
ANSWER:Step 1 of 3
Let the car starts from point O as shown in the diagram and travels a distance of towards the west direction. It then travels a distance of towards the south-west direction.
From the diagram the is a right-angled triangle, right-angled at .
Let, .
From the Pythagoras theorem: