A person walks 25.0° north of east for 3.10 km. How far due north and how far due east would she have to walk to arrive at the same location?

1 Answer
May 4, 2018

#"please have a look at the fallowing details."#

Explanation:

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  • Let's represent the person walking the P point.
  • The horizontal and vertical components of the location vector (red) indicate how many kilometers to walk east and north.

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  • #"northward=" 3.10*sin(25)=1.31 " "km#
  • #"eastward =" 3.10*cos(25)=2.81" "km#