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A boat travels in a straight path that is 25° west of north. Which describes the values of the west and north components of the boat’s displacement?

Both components are positive numbers.
Both components are negative numbers.
The west component is a negative number, and the north component is a positive number.
The west component is a positive number, and the north component is a negative number.

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
The west component is a negative number, and the north component is a positive number.

Reason: 25° west of north points slightly west of the positive north direction, so the north (y) component is positive while the west (x) component is negative (if east is taken as positive x).