A hiker undertakes a three-leg journey as follows:

PHYSICS · Multi-part · AP · Physics 1: Algebra-based · Kinematics · Kinematics

Problem

A hiker undertakes a three-leg journey as follows: (i) Select an appropriate scale and draw the complete path of the hiker on graph paper by placing the three displacement vectors head-to-tail. (ii) By direct measurement on the diagram, determine the magnitude of the hiker’s net displacement from the starting point. (iii) Measure the direction of this displacement relative to the east direction and state it in degrees.

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