A ship departs harbour and sails along the following three legs:
PHYSICS · Multi-part · A Level · Physics · Mechanics and materials · Mechanics and materials
Problem
A ship departs harbour H and sails along the following three legs:
(i) Convert each leg into kilometres and express it as a displacement vector in component form.
(ii) Determine the ship’s resultant displacement vector from H in kilometres.
(iii) Find the magnitude of this resultant displacement and give its bearing measured clockwise from north.