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Posted by caitlin on Tuesday, September 28, 2010 at 1:17pm.

A man pushing a mop across a floor causes it to undergo two displacements. The first has a magnitude of 140 cm and makes an angle of 130° with the positive x axis. The resultant displacement has a magnitude of 144 cm and is directed at an angle of 30.0° to the positive x axis. Find the magnitude and direction of the second displacement.

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