An airplane flies 200 km due west from city A to city B and then 360 km in the direction of 30.5° north of west from city B to city C. (a) In straight-line distance, how far is city C from city A? km (b) Relative to city A, in what direction is city C? ° north of west (c) Why is the answer only approximately correct?

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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.