A car in town X travels 120KM at N60'E to town Y and then 50Km at N30'W to town Z. what is the total displacement of the car?
+14985 A car in town X travels 120KM at N60'E to town Y and then 50Km at N30'W to town Z. what is the total displacement of the car?
The car drives the legs a and b of a right triangle.
The resulting displacement is the hypotenuse c of the triangle.
The direction is N (60 ° - atan (50/120))E.
c = √(a² + b²) = √((120² + 50²)km²) = 130km
The direction is N (60° - atan(50/120))E = N37°23'E
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