A girl rides her bike 4.50 blocks west, 5.00 blocks north, and then 7.25 blocks east. (a) What is the girl's displacement? (Give the magnitude of your answer in terms of blocks and the direction in degrees north of east.) 3 Let +x be east and +y be north, then determine the x- and y-components of the total displacement. The magnitude of the resultant displacement can be found using the Pythagorean theorem. blocks at 30.96 The direction of the displacement can be found by taking the arctan of the ratio of the north-south (y) and east-west (x) displacements.° north of east

A girl rides her bike 4.50 blocks west, 5.00 blocks north, and then 7.25 blocks east. (a) What is the girl's displacement? (Give the magnitude of your answer in terms of blocks and the direction in degrees north of east.) 3 Let +x be east and +y be north, then determine the x- and y-components of the total displacement. The magnitude of the resultant displacement can be found using the Pythagorean theorem. blocks at 30.96 The direction of the displacement can be found by taking the arctan of the ratio of the north-south (y) and east-west (x) displacements.° north of east

Principles of Physics: A Calculus-Based Text

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Author:Raymond A. Serway, John W. Jewett

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Chapter1: Introduction And Vectors

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