An airplane flies northwest for 250 mi and then west for 150 mi. Find the resultant (or sum) displacement vector by a) graphical method and b) the component method.

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  1. An airplane flies northwest for 250 mi and then west for 150 mi. Find the resultant (or sum) displacement vector by a) graphical method and b) the component method.

 

 

 

 

2. A ship was seen on a radar screen to be 10 km east of a particular location. Sometime later, the ship is at 12 km north of west. What is the displacement of the ship?

 

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