Starting in Albany, you travel a distance 431 miles in a direction 22.2 degrees north of west. Then, from this new position, you travel another distance 485 miles in a direction 12.8 degrees north of east. In your final position, what is your displacement from Albany?

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Starting in Albany, you travel a distance 431 miles in a direction 22.2 degrees north of west. Then, from this new position, you travel another distance 485 miles in a direction 12.8 degrees north of east. In your final position, what is your displacement from Albany?
   
308 miles 28.0 degrees North of West
   
916 miles 35.0 degrees North of East
   
280 miles 74.7 degrees North of West
   
916 miles 35.0 degrees North of West
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