A person walks from point A to point B as shown in the figure below. What is the person's displacement relative to A?
What is the magnitude?
What is the direction ° (counterclockwise from the +x-axis)? d question is on exactly is on googl
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To determine the person's displacement relative to point A, we need to calculate the straight-line distance between the starting point (A) and the finishing point (B). The displacement is a vector quantity that represents the change in position, so it has both magnitude and direction.
To find the displacement magnitude, you can use the distance formula. Let's assume the coordinates of point A are (x1, y1) and the coordinates of point B are (x2, y2). The magnitude of the displacement (d) can be calculated using the formula:
d = √((x2 - x1)^2 + (y2 - y1)^2)
To determine the direction of the displacement (angle counterclockwise from the +x-axis), you can use trigonometry. Let's suppose the angle between the displacement vector and the +x-axis is θ. You can calculate θ using the inverse tangent function:
θ = tan^(-1)((y2 - y1) / (x2 - x1))
Once you have θ, you can express it in degrees.
Please provide further information about the figure or the specific coordinates of points A and B so that we can calculate the displacement, magnitude, and direction accurately.