A person starts walking from home and walks: 2 miles East 2 miles Southeast 6 miles South 1 miles Southwest 4 miles East This person has walked a total of 15 miles Find the total displacement vector for this walk: 6.707 + 8.121 X Invalid nc If this person walked straight home, they'd have to walk 10.53

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Chapter8: Applications Of Trigonometry
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A person starts walking from home and walks:
2 miles East
2 miles Southeast
6 miles South
1 miles Southwest
4 miles East
This person has walked a total of 15
miles
Find the total displacement vector for this walk: 6.707 + 8.121
X Invalid notation.
If this person walked straight home, they'd have to walk 10.53
miles
Transcribed Image Text:A person starts walking from home and walks: 2 miles East 2 miles Southeast 6 miles South 1 miles Southwest 4 miles East This person has walked a total of 15 miles Find the total displacement vector for this walk: 6.707 + 8.121 X Invalid notation. If this person walked straight home, they'd have to walk 10.53 miles
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