Michael is doing an experiment. He wants to drop a bowling ball and a stuffed bear out the window of a tall building. Under what
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The representation of this problem is shown in Figure 1. So our goal is to find the vector 
. From the figure we know that:
From geometry, we know that:
Then using vector decomposition into components:
Therefore:
So if you want to find out <span>how far are you from your starting point you need to know the magnitude of the vector, that is:
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Finally, let's find the <span>compass direction of a line connecting your starting point to your final position. What we are looking for here is an angle that is shown in Figure 2 which is an angle defined with respect to the positive x-axis. Therefore:
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From geometry, we know that:
Then using vector decomposition into components:
Therefore:
So if you want to find out <span>how far are you from your starting point you need to know the magnitude of the vector
</span>
Finally, let's find the <span>compass direction of a line connecting your starting point to your final position. What we are looking for here is an angle that is shown in Figure 2 which is an angle defined with respect to the positive x-axis. Therefore:
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