The eye of a hurricane passes over Grand Bahama Island in a direction 60.0° north of west with a speed of 43.0 km/h. Three hours later, the course of the hurricane suddenly shifts due north, and its speed slows to 26.0 km/h. How far from Grand Bahama is the hurricane 4.30 h after it passes over the island?

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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.