PHYS 101/L Problem-Solving I went for a walk the other day. I went four avenues east (0.80 miles), then twenty-four streets south (1.20 miles), then one avenue west (0.20 miles), and finally eight streets north (0.40 miles). Use triangle method. What distance did I travel? What's my resultant displacement (magnitude and direction relative to due east)?

PHYS 101/L Problem-Solving I went for a walk the other day. I went four avenues east (0.80 miles), then twenty-four streets south (1.20 miles), then one avenue west (0.20 miles), and finally eight streets north (0.40 miles). Use triangle method. What distance did I travel? What's my resultant displacement (magnitude and direction relative to due east)?

Glencoe Physics: Principles and Problems, Student Edition

1st Edition

ISBN:9780078807213

Author:Paul W. Zitzewitz

Publisher:Paul W. Zitzewitz

Chapter5: Displacement And Force In Two Dimensions

Section5.1: Vectors

Problem 2PP

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