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Riding the Train --Vecotrs & components
A passenger train is cruising directly to the north at 16.0 mi/hr.
what are the speed and (numerical) direction of a passenger with respect to the ground on this train, if he now walks east-ward at 5.4 mi/hr?
---Compass heading in degrees: N=0, E=90, S=180, and W=270
I know i have to add velocities add as vectors.
Work-
i drew a triagle, the y commponent being 16 and the x (hoizontal) component being 5.4 and i ahve to ifnd the resultant speed. aka: the hypothenuse of the triangle.
But i don't know how to do that when i don't have an angle.
Please help
A passenger train is cruising directly to the north at 16.0 mi/hr.
what are the speed and (numerical) direction of a passenger with respect to the ground on this train, if he now walks east-ward at 5.4 mi/hr?
---Compass heading in degrees: N=0, E=90, S=180, and W=270
I know i have to add velocities add as vectors.
Work-
i drew a triagle, the y commponent being 16 and the x (hoizontal) component being 5.4 and i ahve to ifnd the resultant speed. aka: the hypothenuse of the triangle.
But i don't know how to do that when i don't have an angle.
Please help