Gabby works as an aerial photographer. On one trip she takes off from the airport and flies 52km on a bearing N46°E. She then turns and flies for 43km until she is due east of the airport. How far is Gabby from the airport when she is due east of it? Is there more than one answer, explain.

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Scalars and Vectors

Scalars and Vectors are the classification of physical quantities that are used to denote various terms in physics.