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Homework Statement You will be hiking to a lake with some of your friends. the map says you will travel 1.6 mi north then 2.2 mi in a direction 35 degrees east of north, then finally 1.1 mi in a direction 15 degrees north of east. how far will you be from where you started and what direction...

nevermind, I found a similar question and was able to solve this! If anyone finds my question: Bx = 0 By= -200 That should help with the equation.

Homework Statement vector a = 100 units at 50.0 degrees vector b = 200 units at 270 degrees. find r, sketch a,b, r. The Attempt at a Solution The part I don't understand is the 270 degrees. Doesn't this cause vector b to lay on the -y axis? I've tried this question and another one...