A car heads due west on Interstate 80 going 63.0 km/hr for 2.1 hours. The car then turns and heads exactly northwest on Interstate 42 going 53 km/hr for 3.3 hours. What is the resultant displacement of the car?
I've done some work on it and I have a good idea. I found the total distance traveled for each direction, which is 63 * 2.1 = 132.3km for the first and 53 * 3.3 = 174.9km for the second.
Northwest = 45 degrees
Then, the cos(45)*174.9 = 123.67. That must be the length of each of the sides for the triangle with 174.9 as its hypotenuse.
Finally, the total bottom distance must be 132.3 + 123.67 =255.97
sqrt of 255.97^2 + 123.67^2 = 284.28 km. Is this correct?
west distance
= 63*2.1 + 53 (sqrt2/2)*3.3
= 255.97 right
north distance
= 53*(sqrt2/2)*3.3
= 123.67 right
so 284.28 is correct for the DISTANCE
NOT DISPLACEMENT'
Distance is scalar , km
Displacement is vector , distance AND direction
tan (angle north of west) = 124/256
so
angle north of west = 25.8 degrees
Note
always do orthogonal (perpendicular) components of vectors like x and y or north and west. Do not fool around with northwest, split it up into north component and west component immediately. Otherwise you will be doing trig forever.
@Damon, just one question. Sorry, but I'm not sure where you got the 124 and 256 from.
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Find the interquartile range (IQR) of the data
98 132 295 68 176 89 287 198 94 68 240 94 369 94 155
First, we need to find the median:
68 68 89 94 94 94 132 155 176 198 240 287 295 369
The median is 132
Next, we find the median of the lower half of the data:
68 68 89 94 94 94 132
The median of this set is 94.
Finally, we find the median of the upper half of the data:
155 176 198 240 287 295 369
The median of this set is 240.
The IQR is the difference between the upper and lower quartiles:
IQR = 240 - 94 = 146
Therefore, the interquartile range of the data is 146.
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Find the mean absolute deviation (MAD) of the data
98 132 295 68 176 89 287 198 94 68 240 94 369 94 155
Your calculations are correct! To find the resultant displacement of the car, you need to calculate the total distance traveled in each direction and then determine the horizontal and vertical components of the displacement.
First, you found the total distance traveled in the west direction, which is given by the speed (63 km/hr) multiplied by the time (2.1 hours), resulting in 132.3 km.
Next, you found the total distance traveled in the northwest direction. To determine the northwest direction, you correctly noted that it forms a 45-degree angle. Using the formula cos(θ) * hypotenuse, you calculated the horizontal component of the displacement, which is cos(45) * 174.9 km, resulting in 123.67 km.
Finally, to find the resultant displacement, you need to calculate the length of the resultant vector formed by combining the horizontal and vertical components. Using the Pythagorean theorem, you squared the distances traveled in each direction, added them together, and then took the square root of the sum.
√(132.3^2 + 123.67^2) ≈ 284.28 km
Therefore, the resultant displacement of the car is approximately 284.28 km. Well done!