A boomerang is thrown with the following displacements:  4.5 m to the east, 7.5 m 30o North of West, and 3.0 m 10o S of W.  What is the resultant displacement?

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A boomerang is thrown with the following displacements:  4.5 m to the east, 7.5 m 30o North of West, and 3.0 m 10o S of W.  What is the resultant displacement? 
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