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A car is driving directly north on the freeway at a speed of 119 km/h and a truck is leaving the freeway driving 87.0 km/h in
a direction that is 35° west of north. Assume north to be in the +y-direction and east to be in the +x-direction.
a) What is the magnitude of the velocity of the truck relative to the car?
b) What is the direction of the velocity of the truck relative to the car? Enter the angle in degrees where positive indicates south of west
and negative indicates north of west.
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