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geoff18
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Homework Statement
A car travels 3km due North then 5km North East. Use co-ordinate vectors to find the distance and direction from the starting point.
Homework Equations
I understand that co-ordinate vectors meant the column vector, but I don't understand how to convert the above description into vectors. I can calculate the distance by drawing two right angle triangles find the sides and addition it via vector laws and pythag theorm. But I don't think that is what the question wants.
The Attempt at a Solution
I read thru my lecture notes and attempt to google the answers but most of the results just explain using a1=|a|*cos(a) etc