An ant, crazed by the Sun on a hot Texas afternoon, darts over an xy plane scratched in the dirt. The x and y components of four consecutive darts are the following, all in centimeters: (26.0, 38.0), (bx, -65.0), (-17.0, cy), (-86.0, -59.0).The overall displacement of the four darts has the xy components (-180, -26.0).What are (a) by and (b) cy? What are the (c) magnitude and (d) angle (counterclockwise from the positive direction of the x axis) of the overall displacement? (a) Number Unit (b) Number Unit (c) Number (d) Number Unit Unit

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An ant, crazed by the Sun on a hot Texas afternoon, darts over an xy plane scratched in the dirt. The x and y components of four
consecutive darts are the following, all in centimeters: (26.0, 38.0), (bx, -65.0), (-17.0, cy), (-86.0, -59.0).The overall displacement
of the four darts has the xy components (-180, -26.0).What are (a) by and (b) cy? What are the (c) magnitude and (d) angle
(counterclockwise from the positive direction of the x axis) of the overall displacement?
(a) Number
Unit
(b) Number
Unit
(c) Number
(d) Number
Unit
Unit
Transcribed Image Text:An ant, crazed by the Sun on a hot Texas afternoon, darts over an xy plane scratched in the dirt. The x and y components of four consecutive darts are the following, all in centimeters: (26.0, 38.0), (bx, -65.0), (-17.0, cy), (-86.0, -59.0).The overall displacement of the four darts has the xy components (-180, -26.0).What are (a) by and (b) cy? What are the (c) magnitude and (d) angle (counterclockwise from the positive direction of the x axis) of the overall displacement? (a) Number Unit (b) Number Unit (c) Number (d) Number Unit Unit
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