Suppose you walk 23.5 m straight west and then 19m straight north for a total magnitude of 30m. A. What is your displacement vector (in m)? Express your answer in vector form. Assume the +x-axis is to the east, and the +y-axis is to the north. B. What is the direction of your displacement ( in degrees counter clockwise from the x-axis)?

Suppose you walk 23.5 m straight west and then 19m straight north for a total magnitude of 30m. A. What is your displacement vector (in m)? Express your answer in vector form. Assume the +x-axis is to the east, and the +y-axis is to the north. B. What is the direction of your displacement ( in degrees counter clockwise from the x-axis)?

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Chapter2: Vectors

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