Starting in Albany, you travel a distance 390 miles in a direction 13.9 degrees north of west. Then, from this new position, you travel another distance 484 miles in a direction 38.2 degrees north of east. In your final position, what is your displacement from Albany?     874 miles 52.1 degrees North of West     252 miles 24.5 degrees North of West     874 miles 52.1 degrees North of East     393 miles 89.7 degrees North of West

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Starting in Albany, you travel a distance 390 miles in a direction 13.9 degrees north of west. Then, from this new position, you travel another distance 484 miles in a direction 38.2 degrees north of east. In your final position, what is your displacement from Albany?

 

 

874 miles 52.1 degrees North of West

 

 

252 miles 24.5 degrees North of West

 

 

874 miles 52.1 degrees North of East

 

 

393 miles 89.7 degrees North of West

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