A person starts walking from home and walks: 4 miles East 3 miles Southeast 4 miles South 2 miles Southwest 2 miles East This person has walked a total of 15 miles Find the total displacement vector for this walk: If this person walked straight home, they'd have to walk miles

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Chapter8: Applications Of Trigonometry
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Find the total displacement vector for this walk:

If this person walked straight home, they'd have to walk: 

A person starts walking from home and walks:
4 miles East
3 miles Southeast
4 miles South
2 miles Southwest
2 miles East
This person has walked a total of 15
miles
Find the total displacement vector for this walk:
If this person walked straight home, they'd have to walk
miles
Transcribed Image Text:A person starts walking from home and walks: 4 miles East 3 miles Southeast 4 miles South 2 miles Southwest 2 miles East This person has walked a total of 15 miles Find the total displacement vector for this walk: If this person walked straight home, they'd have to walk miles
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