Suppose you went for a drive along a long, straight road that runs east-west. Let's define east to be the positive x direction. From your home, you drive east at 30 mi/hr to your friends house for 20 minutes, then at 48 mi/hr east for 10 minutes to the grocery store. Finally, you drive west at 60 mi/hr without stopping to get home. What is your displacement for the entire trip?

Suppose you went for a drive along a long, straight road that runs east-west. Let's define east to be the positive x direction. From your home, you drive east at 30 mi/hr to your friends house for 20 minutes, then at 48 mi/hr east for 10 minutes to the grocery store. Finally, you drive west at 60 mi/hr without stopping to get home. What is your displacement for the entire trip?

Principles of Physics: A Calculus-Based Text

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Author:Raymond A. Serway, John W. Jewett

Publisher:Raymond A. Serway, John W. Jewett

Chapter1: Introduction And Vectors

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Problem 51P: A person going for a walk follows the path shown in Figure P1.51. The total trip consists of four...

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