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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, December 4, 2010 at 2:32am.

A car is driven 145 km west and then 65 km southwest. What is the displacement of the car from the point of origin (magnitude and direction)?

Physics - Anonymous, Saturday, December 4, 2010 at 2:44am
what is the degrees south of west is what I need to know
Physics - drwls, Saturday, December 4, 2010 at 6:10am
tan^-1 [(south vector component)/(west vector component)]
= tan^-1 [(65*.707)/(65*.707 + 145)]
= tan^-1(0.2407)
= 13.5 degrees

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