A coyote is chasing the road runner around the desert. He goes 6m north, 8m west, 2m north, 4m west, 10m south, and 8m east. What was the coyote's resultant vector?
1 Answer
Oct 27, 2015
The resultant vector is 2m south and 4m west.
Explanation:
Let's make positive for north and east and negative for south and west.
6 + 2 -10 = -2 (south)
-8 - 4 +8 = -4 (west)
