Asked by Daniel

What is the resultant displacement when a ship sail 200km north and then 150km west
Answered by John1
150^2 + 200^2 = c^2

62,500 = c^2

displacement is 250
Answered by Damon
That is distance (scalar) not displacement (vector)

angle west of north = A
tan A = 15/20 = 3/4 = .75
A = 36.9 deg west of north
or
360 - 36.9 = 323.1 degrees true
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