A skier moves 100.0 m horizontally, and then travels another 35.0 m uphill at an angle of 35.0º above the horizontal. What is the skier's displacement from his starting point?

Answer 1

horizontal
x = 100 + 35 cos 35

vertical
y = 35 sin 35

or
sqrt(x^2+y^2) at tan^-1(y/x) above x axis

Answer 2

A skier moves 100.0 m horizontally, and then travels another 35.0 m uphill at an angle of 35.0º above the horizontal. What is the skier's displacement from his starting point?