Starting in Albany, you travel a distance 367 miles in a direction 10.5 degrees north of west. Then, from this new position, you travel another distance 105 miles in a direction 24.2 degrees north of east. In your final position, what is your displacement from Albany?

Starting in Albany, you travel a distance 367 miles in a direction 10.5 degrees north of west. Then, from this new position, you travel another distance 105 miles in a direction 24.2 degrees north of east. In your final position, what is your displacement from Albany?

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