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The route followed by a hiker consists of three displacement vectors Ā, B, and C. Vector A is along a measured trail and is 2530 m in a direction 29.0° north of east. Vector B is not along a measured trail, but the hiker uses a compass and knows the direction is 30.0° east of south. Similarly, the direction of vector Č is 21.0° north of west. The hiker ends up back where she started. Therefore, it follows that the resultant displacement is zero, or Ā + B + C = 0. Find the magnitudes of (a) vector B and (b) vector C.
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