COLLEGE PHYSICS (LOOSELEAF)-W/ACCESS
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Chapter 1, Problem 47P
A postal employee drives a delivery truck along the route shown in Figure 1.28. Use componants to determine the magnitude and direction of the truck’s resultant displacement. Then check the reasonableness of your answer by sketching a graphical sum.
Figure 1.28
Problem 47.
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