Question
Point B is 24 m east of A and 12 m north of A. What is the distance AB? What is the displacement from A to B?
Answers
bobpursley
Draw the figure. To get distance, use Pythagoras relationship.
To get displacement, add the direction. Use the law of sines to get the angle.
To get displacement, add the direction. Use the law of sines to get the angle.