Discus Throws at School Meet: Vector Diagram

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In the senior division discus event at the school track and field meet, three competitors participated. The second competitor's throw was approximately 1.5 times the distance of the first competitor's throw, while the third competitor's throw was about 0.8 times the distance of the first. A vector diagram can be created to represent these displacements, using the first competitor's throw as a baseline with an arbitrary vector length. The second competitor's vector would be drawn 1.5 times longer than the first, and the third competitor's vector would be 0.8 times the length of the first. This visual representation effectively illustrates the relative distances thrown by each competitor.
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in the school track and field meet, three competitiors participated in the senior division discus event. the second competitior threw the discus about one and a half times as far as the first, however the third competitor threw it only about four fifths as far. draw a vector digram representing the displacements of the discus for the three competitors assuming that all throws were in roughly the same direction
 
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well, since the first thrower seems to be the baseline, give it a vector of arbitrary length and then draw the others in relation to it.
 

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