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To determine the distance and direction from the starting point after the specified walk, one should calculate the resultant vector from the individual segments of the journey. The first part of the walk involves moving 5m south and 12m east, followed by an additional 4m southeast and 6m west. For part A, the final position can be found using vector addition, which will yield both the distance from the starting point and the direction. For part B, the order of the steps affects the final position, and a vector analysis will confirm whether the endpoint remains the same. Visualizing the walk through drawings or vector diagrams can greatly aid in understanding the problem.
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you may act for an early morning walk. your may work 5m south and 12m east suppose you decided to walk further and go 4m south east and 6m west

A.) how far are you from starting point and roughly in what direction?

B.)Would you have gotten the same spot had you taken the steps in this order 12m east 4m southwest , 5m south , 6m west


hope you can help me guys :D ... thank you ^_^
 
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deveranicco said:
you may act for an early morning walk. your may work 5m south and 12m east suppose you decided to walk further and go 4m south east and 6m west

Perhaps this should be, "You go for an early morning walk. Your walk goes 5m south and 12m east of your starting point. Suppose you decided to walk further and go 4m southeast and 6m west after the first part of your walk."

A.) how far are you from starting point and roughly in what direction?

B.)Would you have gotten the same spot had you taken the steps in this order 12m east 4m southwest , 5m south , 6m west


hope you can help me guys :D ... thank you ^_^

The best thing to do is draw the various parts of the walk on a piece of paper. It will be easier to keep track.
 
This can be done by writing vectors for each phase of the walk and adding the vectors or by thinking of the walk as creating a series of triangles.
 

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