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Homework Statement
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Homework Equations
The Attempt at a Solution
My attempt was based on the idea that both triangles formed by the vector components (x component, y component, and the hypotenuse which is the magnitude of the vector itself) would be similar.
I took the length of each of the sides, -3.20 for x and 2.10 for y and individually solved for the unit vector by setting up this relationship:
(length of component)/(length of hypotenuse)=(length unit component)/1
The system rejected both of my answers. For x i got -0.836 and for y i got 0.549.
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