Your father leaves the office, drives 26 km due North, then turns onto a street and continues in a direction 30° N of E for 35 km and finally turns onto the highway due east for 40 km. What is his total displacement from the office?

Your father leaves the office, drives 26 km due North, then turns onto a street and continues in a direction 30° N of E for 35 km and finally turns onto the highway due east for 40 km. What is his total displacement from the office?

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Chapter2: Vectors

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Directions: Using the component method, solve the following problems. Show your complete solutions. Express your answers in two decimal places.

3. Your father leaves the office, drives 26 km due North, then turns onto a street and
continues in a direction 30° N of E for 35 km and finally turns onto the highway due
east for 40 km. What is his total displacement from the office?
4. A jogger runs 4 m 40° N of E, 2 m East, 5.20 m 30° S of W, 6.50 m South and then
collapses. Find his resultant displacement.

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