a hockey pucktravels a displacement of 3.4 m/s ( S 30 degrees W). It then struck by a hockey players stick and undergoas a displacement of 4.0 m (E 20 degrees N) a) sketch the two vectors of the hokcey puck motion b) calculate the pucks total displacement

a hockey pucktravels a displacement of 3.4 m/s ( S 30 degrees W). It then struck by a hockey players stick and undergoas a displacement of 4.0 m (E 20 degrees N) a) sketch the two vectors of the hokcey puck motion b) calculate the pucks total displacement

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a hockey pucktravels a displacement of 3.4 m/s ( S 30 degrees W). It then struck by a hockey players stick and undergoas a displacement of 4.0 m (E 20 degrees N)

a) sketch the two vectors of the hokcey puck motion

b) calculate the pucks total displacement

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