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Textbook Solutions for Physics: Principles with Applications

Chapter 3 Problem 1

Question

A car is driven 225 km west and then 98 km southwest \((45^\circ)\). What is the displacement of the car from the point of origin (magnitude and direction)? Draw a diagram.

Solution

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:

                                                         

 

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Title Physics: Principles with Applications 7 
Author Douglas C. Giancoli
ISBN 9780321625922

A car is driven 225 km west and then 98 km southwest (45).

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