A person starts walking from home and walks: 3 miles East 4 miles Southeast 6 miles South 7 miles Southwest 4 miles East This person has walked a total of 24 Find the total displacement vector for this walk: <4.878-13.779 > If this person walked straight home, they'd have to walk 14.62 miles X Omiles

A person starts walking from home and walks: 3 miles East 4 miles Southeast 6 miles South 7 miles Southwest 4 miles East This person has walked a total of 24 Find the total displacement vector for this walk: <4.878-13.779 > If this person walked straight home, they'd have to walk 14.62 miles X Omiles

University Physics Volume 1

18th Edition

ISBN:9781938168277

Author:William Moebs, Samuel J. Ling, Jeff Sanny

Publisher:William Moebs, Samuel J. Ling, Jeff Sanny

Chapter2: Vectors

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 38P: Suppose you walk 18.0 m straight west and then 25.0 m straight north. How far are you from your...

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