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Brendan Webb
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- A ship sails 130 km due north from island A to island B and then 92 km, in the direction 22° south of east, to island C. The ship after that returns directly to island A. Calculate the magnitude and direction of the displacement vector in the last trip. Draw appropriate diagrams.
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[/B]The Attempt at a Solution
I think I would find the total displacement and that would be equivalent to the last trip.
D1 = X component = 0
Y component = 130sin(90) = 130
D2 = X component = 92cos(22) = 85.30
Y component = 92sin(22) = 34.46 (-) as it is the - Y direction
Adding the component together I get:
Dx = 85.30
Dy = 95.54
Using the Pythagoras Theorem I get 128 km in a tan-1 (95.54/85.30) = 48.24 south of west direction. (Total displacement?)
This makes sense to me when drawing it out. However, the only two answers I can find online give a way different solution that I can't comprehend, it is 56.44 km at 37.8 south of west. I figure i must be understanding the problem wrong but I can't for the life of me figure out how. Any help would be much appreciated.
Thanks
Brendan[/B]