You drive 9.00 km in a straight line in a direction 20° East of North.   (a) Find the distances you would have to drive straight East and then straight North to arrive at the same point. (This is equivalent to finding the components of the displacement along the East and North directions.) km East km North   (b) Show that you still arrive at the same point if the East and North legs are reversed in order.

Q: A runaway cat walks 0.75 km due north. It runs due west to a hotdog stand. If the magnitude of the…

A: Correct answer is option (D) i.e. 0.66 km

Q: A cab driver heads south with a steady speed of v, = 24.0 m/s for t, = 3.00 min, then makes a right…

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Q: 7. An airplane heading 275 km/h west while the wind is blowing it 70 km/h north.

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Q: Suppose you first walk A = 11.0 m in a direction 0₁ = 17° west of north and then B = 24.5 m in a…

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Q: The pilot of a private plane flies 20.0 km in direction 60° north of east, then 30.0 km straight…

A: The condition given in the question is plotted as given diagram.

Q: An explorer in Antarctica leaves his shelter during a whiteout. He takes 50 m northeast, next 180 m…

A: XA = 50Cos45° i = 35.35 i  m  YA = 50Sin45° j = 35.35 j  m  XB = -180Cos72° i  = -55.62 i  m  YB =…

Q: A golf ball is hit off a tee at the edge of a cliff. Its x and y coordinates as functions of time…

A: We are authorized to answer only one question at a time, since you have not mentioned which one…

Q: From the window of a building, a ball is tossed from a height y0 above the ground with an initial…

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Q: A jogger travels a route that has two parts. The first is a displacement A→ of 2.20 km due south,…

A: Since you have posted a question with multiple sub-parts, we will solve the first three sub parts…

Q: A runner first runs a displacement A of 3.30 km due south, and then a second displacement B that…

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Q: From the window of a building, a ball is tossed from a height y0 above the ground with an initial…

A: a) The required initial coordinates are: b) The required x and y component of initial velocities…

Q: A person walks 23.0° north of east for 3.40 km. How far due north and how far due east would she…

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Q: Assuming that up is north, what is the displacement between points F and A? Remember that…

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Q: A novice golfer in the green takes three strokes to dunk the ball. The successful displacement of…

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Q: 2. A hiker walking 10 km west then 25 km south

A: Required answer of problem(2)

Q: A car travels 6km due to east and then 4km in adirection 60 north of east find the magnitude and…

A: Given,  Car travels  towards east=6 km  Car thentravels  4km  in direction  60° N  of E.

Q: A snow-covered ski slope makes an angle of 35.0° with the horizontal. When a ski jumper plummets…

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Q: What is the magnitude of the resultant of these vectors 100 N due south and 100 N 30° north of west

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Q: Estimate the magnitude and direction of the resultant given the following vectors. A = 10 steps,…

A: We have two vector A = 10 steps, due East B = 16 steps, 60° South of East

Q: Suppose a pilot flies 60km towards north, 45 km in a direction 40° north of east and 20 km towards…

A: Given: The first displacement is 60 km. The direction is towards the north. The second displacement…

Q: If you walk 38 steps at an angle of 76 (relative to the positive x-axis) and then turn and go 45…

A: Displacement is the shortest distance between two pointsIf an object moves from position r1 →to r2…

Q: Vector A is 2.80 cm long and is 60.0 degrees above the x-axis in the first quadrant. Vector B is…

A: Given data The length of the vector A is lA = 2.80 cm. The angle made by the vector A with the…

Q: A person walks 33.0° north of east for 2.30 km. How far due north and how far due east would she…

A: In the picture, AB = 2.30 km He has to travel AC along east and BC along north

Q: A motor vehicle travels 20.0 km due north and then 35.0 km in a direction 60.0° west of north. Find…

A: Given: Motor vehicle travels 20 km along north & turns 60∘west for 35 km.

Q: A car travels 12km due west, 15km due south and 45 km in a direction 50° north of east. Calculate…

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Q: An explorer in Antarctica leaves his shelter during a whiteout. He takes 50 m northeast, next 180 m…

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Q: Find the magnitude and direction of the vector represented by each of the following pairs of…

A: Given data: Ax=3.2 cm; Ay=-5.15 cm Ax=-5.48 m; Ay=-9.60 m Ax=-2.10 km; Ay=6.85 km

Q: What are the x- and y-components of the vector which has a magnitude 4.5 and points 150 west of…

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Q: An engineer designs a roller coaster so that a car travels horizontally angle of 46.0° below the…

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Q: A treasure map shows a path from the hanging tree to walk to find the buried treasure. It reads to…

A: Given that : A = 148 N in negative x axis B= 148 N and 30 degree from +x axis C= 74 N in + x axis…

Q: An airplane flies 200 km due west from city A to city B and then 300 km in the direction of 30.0°…

A: Since you have asked multiple questions, we will solve the first question for you. If you want any…

Q: Which of the following could not be the resultant displacement when adding a 20 meter vector and 30…

A: Given value--- magnitude of first displacement = 20 m. magnitude of second displacement = 50 m. We…

Q: An explorer in Antarctica leaves his shelter during a whiteout. He takes 50 m northeast, next 180 m…

A: A=50 m NEx- componentAx=50 m cos45°=35.355 my-componentAy=50 m sin45°=35.355 mB=180 m 72° NWx-…

Q: What is the resultant of vectors A=5m South and B=15m 60° South of West using the polygon method?

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Q: Suppose you first walk A - 13.0 m in a direction e, - 15° west of north and then 8- 21.5 m in a…

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Q: Which of the following displacement vectors has an x component of -15.0 km and a y component of…

A: R=-152+152+0

Q: A cab driver heads south with a steady speed of v, = 22.0 m/s for t, = 3.00 min, then makes a right…

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Q: The resultant of two vectors is 20 units long and makes angles of 20o and 50o with the two vectors,…

A: Given, Length of resultant,R=20 units Angle of resultant with vectors,θ1=20°,θ2=50°

Q: A clever adventurer on a treasure hunt reads the following instructions from his map: Walk 347 m…

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Q: From the window of a building, a ball is tossed from a height y0 above the ground with an initial…

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Q: Yeji walks 8km East, then 5km South and finally 6km West. Find her resultant displacement and…

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Q: From the window of a building, a ball is tossed from a height y0 above the ground with an initial…

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Q: A cross-country skier skis 1.0 km north and then 2.0 km east. How far and in what direction is she…

A: Given, skier skis 1.0 km north and then 2.0 km east Let resultant displacement be R km and let…

Q: A postal employee drives a delivery truck along the following route. He drives 7km due east, 2km due…

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Q: If vector A=[15, 80 degrees] and vector B= 12i - 16j, then what is the magnitude of A-B?

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Q: A chauffeur heads south with a steady speed of v₁ = 20.0 m/s for t₁ = 3.00 min, then makes a right…

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Q: Displacement A is 2 meters north, displacement B is 3 meters south. Find the magnitude and direction…

A: Given, displacement, A is 2 m north Displacement B is 3 m south

Scalars and Vectors

Scalars and Vectors are the classification of physical quantities that are used to denote various terms in physics.