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Vector A, which is directed along an x axis, is to be added to vector B, which has a magnitude of 9.0 m. The sum is a third vector that is directed along the y axis, with a magnitude that is 6 times that of A. What is the magnitude of A? (Enter your answer to 4 significant figures.) So I know...

finding the distance between two points did not work and neither did the Pythagorean theorem. The theorem gave a value of 6.440496875 however that was not the distance from where the traveler was to the base.

For the x value, I got 4.584724968. So my y-value is 4.4, my x value is 4.584724968, and the diagonal is 7.8

Ok I plugged that in and that was not the answer. Am I supposed to do something with vector addition?

Homework Statement An explorer is caught in a whiteout (in which the snowfall is so thick that the ground cannot be distinguished from the sky) while returning to base camp. He was supposed to travel due north for 4.4 km, but when the snow clears, he discovers that he actually traveled 7.8...