Homework Help: Physics

Posted by Kristi on Saturday, July 9, 2011 at 9:15pm.

A football player runs the pattern given in the drawing by the three displacement vectors , , and . The magnitudes of these vectors are A = 6.00 m, B = 13.0 m, and C = 15.0 m. Using the component method, find the (a) magnitude and (b)direction of the resultant vector + + . Take to be a positive angle.

No drawing - Damon, Saturday, July 9, 2011 at 9:33pm
Calculate all x components and add
Calculate all y components and add
take sqrt(xtotal^2+ytotal^2)
take tan^-1 (ytotal/xtotal)

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