The discussion focuses on calculating the resultant displacement of a bird watcher who walks 0.30 km east, 0.65 km south, and 2.25 km at an angle of 37.0° north of west. The key to solving this problem lies in breaking down the final leg of the journey into its vector components using trigonometric functions. The final displacement can be determined by summing the individual vector components to find the overall distance and direction.
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