30° west of north = 120°
60° east of north = 30°
using vectors:
R = (300cos120, 300sin120) + (400cos30, 400 sin30)
= (-150, 150√3) + (200√3 , 200) = (200√3-150,150√3+200)
= (196.41, 459.81)
maginitude = √(196.41^2 + 459.81^2) = 500
angle = tan^-1(459.81/196.41) = appr 66.87°
or
make a sketch and use the cosine law:
R^2 = 300^2 + 400^2 - 2(300)(400)cos90°
= 500
leaving it up to you to find the angle using the sine law in the triangle, it should be the same as my first solution.
An aircraft travelled from calabar to kano as follows; it flew first to ilorin covering a distance of 300km, 30degree West or North , and then flew 400km, 60degree east of north to kano. what is the resultant displacement?
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Pls show a diagrammatical representation
It's very easy to understand.
Must the two degrees be added together??
An aircraft travelled from calabar to kano as follows; it flew first to ilorin covering a distance of 300km, 300 West or North , and then flew 400km, 600 east of north to kano. what is the resultant displacement?