We have to add two vectors.
Vector #1: 0.15 m/s north
Vector #2: 1.50 m/s east
Their sum:
Magnitude: √(0.15² + 1.50²)
Magnitude = √(0.0225+2.25)
Magnitude = √2.2725
Magnitude = <em>1.5075 m/s</em>
Direction = arctan(0.15/1.50) north of east
Direction = <em>5.71° north of east</em>
The equation for Kinetic Energy is KE = 1/2 m v^2, where m is the mass, and v is the velocity. The velocity in this equation is squared, which means that it is exponential. That means that as the velocity increases, you will be multiplying by a bigger and bigger number! KE = 18 joules!
That's wave 'diffraction'.
