What is the resultant displacement of a car that travels 2 km north and then turns and travels 4 km east?  Be sure to include magnitude and direction.

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Q: Problem An explorer in Antarctica leaves his shelter during a whiteout. He takes 50 m northeast,…

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Q: A person drives a car west for a distance of 4.00 km and then 2.83 km in a direction 75 degrees…

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Q: An object travels 130 m east and then travels 180 m south followed by 60 m east. Calculate the total…

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Q: You drive 9.00 km in a straight line in a direction 20° East of North.   (a) Find the distances…

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Q: Arvin the Ant is on a picnic table. He travels 30 cm northeast, then 25 cm due north, and finally 15…

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Q: A schol student, in a shopping mall, covers three displacements. The first has a magnitude of 50 m…

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Q: A truck travels 1820m uphill along a road that makes a constant angle of 5.79 degrees with the…

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Q: A pumpkin is shot with an initial speed of 72 m/s and 37.0° angle with respect to the ground. What…

A: Given data:  Initial velocity (u) = 72 m/s Angle (θ) = 37.0°, with respect to the ground  g = 10.0…

Q: onball is shot with an initial speed of 42 m/s and 37.0° angle with respect to the ground. How long…

A: As we know the formula for time of maximum height is given by  tm =  { Vo sin ( theta) } / g  Where…

Q: a car making displacement 45km by angle 60 west-north , then it moves 15 km with angle 130 .…

A: Write the displacement x-component of 45 km. x1=-45cos60° Write the displacement x-component of 15…

Q: Graphical method: A plain traveling northeast (45°) has a displacement of 10 km in this direction.…

A: The net displacement(c).given,a→=10 km in NE(direction)b→=10 km in E(direction)

Q: 1). distance of 5.3 miles at an angle of 66° north of east. After teaching, I drive to Mauney's Feed…

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Q: A delivery van is heading the ff routes: A = 6.0 km toward East B = 8.0 km toward North C = 4.0 km,…

A: A = 6i km  B = 8j km  C = 4(-Cos30°i+ Sin30°j) = (-3.46i + 2j ) km D = 10 (-Cos50°i - Sin50°j) =…

Q: A paper delivery person walks 1.5km (East), then 2.0km (North), then 3.0km (West) and finally 3.0km…

A: Given data:  The displacements of the delivery person d1 = 1.5 km [E], d2 = 2.0 km [N], d3 = 3.0 km…

Q: A student walks 10.0 m east, 5.0 m at 30o north of east, and 6.0 m northwest, and 8.0 m west. how…

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Q: A girl delivering newspapers covers her route by traveling 8.00 blocks west, 4.00 blocks north, and…

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Q: A girl delivering newspapers covers her route by traveling 1.50 blocks west, 3.00 blocks north, and…

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Q: A rocket follows a path givent by y=x-1/40 x^3(in miles).  The horizontal velocity is given by Vx=x,…

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Q: You are lost at night in a large, open field. Your GPS tells you that you are 100 m from your truck,…

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Q: A girl delivering newspapers covers her route by traveling 10.00 blocks west, 4.00 blocks north, and…

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Q: A teacher drives his car at 3 mi N 40o E, then turns 3.8 mi to the West. What is the magnitude and…

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Q: In the figure, a radar station detects an airplane approaching directly from the east. At first…

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Q: A girl delivering newspapers covers her route by traveling 1.75 blocks west, 3.75 blocks north, and…

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Q: A boat whos speed in still water is 5.0m/s headed west across a river. The river current is 2.5m/s…

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Q: On a day when the wind is blowing toward the south at 4 m/s , a runner logs west at 1.6 m/s s.what…

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Q: A body moves southwest for 4 km and then east for 6 km. Determine the amount of its displacement in…

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Q: A girl delivering newspapers covers her route by traveling 3.75 blocks west, 5.00 blocks north, and…

A: (a) Net x-displacement (east-west) = -3.75+7.25 = 3.5 blocks east. Net y-displacement (north-south)…

Q: You drive 5.50 km in a straight line in a direction 25° East of North. (a) Find the distances you…

A: Given Data : The distance travelled in the east of north direction is given as AC = 5.50 Km. The…

Q: A traveler first drives 22.0 km east, then 27.0 km southeast, and finally 10.7 km south. Find the…

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Q: A student drives 10 km to the north and then 20 km 30 degrees South of the east. By using the…

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Q: A particle has a displacement 5m towards north, 12m towards east and then 13m vertically upward.…

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Q: An explorer in Antarctica leaves his shelter during a whiteout. He takes 50 m northeast, next 180 m…

A: Take the north direction as +y axis, south direction as -y axis, east direction as +x axis and west…

Scalars and Vectors

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