Homework Help: Physics

Posted by john on Sunday, September 30, 2012 at 6:20pm.

A delivery truck travels 19 blocks north, 14 blocks west and 15 blocks south. What is its final displacement from the origin?

whats the degrees???

Physics - Damon, Sunday, September 30, 2012 at 6:26pm
tan angle above negative x axis = 4/14
so angle = 16 degrees North of west
or 268 compass (clockwise from North)

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