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    Vector Addition - Grade 12 part 3

    Homework Statement A new pilot with Canjet is asked to find the resultant displacement of his jet if it flies at 345km/h @ 225 degrees into a wind that is blowing at 40km/h from the West. Use the 'construction line' method, components method, AND law of sines and cosines. Homework...
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    Vector Addition Problem: Finding Final Displacement using Law of Sines/Cosines

    Homework Statement A land surveyor walks 5200m @ 330 degrees and then turns and goes an additional 3000m @ 180 degrees. Find his final displacement using the law of sines/cosines. Homework Equations I know the law of sines is a/sinA = b/sinB = c/sinC, and the law of cosines is a^2=b^2...