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Car Vector Displacement Problem
A car moves 65km due east, then 45km due west. What is the total displacement?
Don't understand what you mean. =/
What I did was... 45km/65km to find the degree, and I got 34.7
So I used cosine, Cos(34.7)x65km which equal the total displacement, I got 53.44km
Homework Statement
A car moves 65km due east, then 45km due west. What is the total displacement?
Homework Equations
Don't understand what you mean. =/
The Attempt at a Solution
What I did was... 45km/65km to find the degree, and I got 34.7
So I used cosine, Cos(34.7)x65km which equal the total displacement, I got 53.44km
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