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Jane leaves her house and walks 5.0 blocks east and then proceeds north until she is 7.8 blocks from home at an angle of 50 degrees North of east. How many blocks north did she travel?

Principles of Physics: A Calculus-Based Text

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ISBN:9781133104261

Author:Raymond A. Serway, John W. Jewett

Publisher:Raymond A. Serway, John W. Jewett

Chapter1: Introduction And Vectors

Section1.8: Some Properties Of Vectors

Problem 1.4QQ

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Jane leaves her house and walks 5.0 blocks east and
then proceeds north until she is 7.8 blocks from home
at an angle of 50 degrees North of east. How many
blocks north did she travel?

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