A hiker starts at his camp and moves the following distances while exploring his surroundings: 66.0 m north, 2.00 ✕ 102 m east, 1.15 ✕ 102 m at an angle 30.0° north of east, and 1.50 ✕ 102 m south. Find his resultant displacement from camp. (Take east as the positive x-direction and north as the positive y-direction.) (a) magnitude = _____m (b) direction = _____° south of east

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A hiker starts at his camp and moves the following distances while exploring his surroundings: 66.0 m north, 2.00 ✕ 102 m east, 1.15 ✕ 102 m at an angle 30.0° north of east, and 1.50 ✕ 102 m south.

Find his resultant displacement from camp. (Take east as the positive x-direction and north as the positive y-direction.)

(a) magnitude = _____m
(b) direction = _____° south of east
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