You are to make four straight-line moves over a flat desert floor, starting at the origin of an xy coordinate system and ending at the xy coordinates (-140 m, 30 m). The x component and y component of your moves are the following, respectively, in meters: (20 and 60), then (bx and -70), then (-20 and cy), then (-60 and -70). What are (a) component bx and (b) component cy? What are (c) the magnitude and (d) the angle (relative to the positive direction of the x axis) of the overall displacement?

You are to make four straight-line moves over a flat desert floor, starting at the origin of an xy coordinate system and ending at the xy coordinates (-140 m, 30 m). The x component and y component of your moves are the following, respectively, in meters: (20 and 60), then (bx and -70), then (-20 and cy), then (-60 and -70). What are (a) component bx and (b) component cy? What are (c) the magnitude and (d) the angle (relative to the positive direction of the x axis) of the overall displacement?

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Chapter3: Vectors And Two-Dimensional Motion

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