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3 years ago

If you walk 1.4 km north and then 4.8 km east, what are the magnitude and direction of your resultant displacement?

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North and east are perpendicular directions hence we can use them as the basis of our coordinate system. The coordinates of this point can then simply be represented as

P = 1.4 N + 4.8 E (km)

The magnitude can be given by the right triangle formula :

P = $\sqrt{N^2 + E^2}$

= 5 km

Direction = atan(N/E) = 16.3 deg north of east = 73.7 deg east of north

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