A hiker walks from the campsite so that her displacement relative to the origin of a…
PHYSICS · Subjective · A Level · Physics · Mechanics and materials · Mechanics and materials
Problem
A hiker walks from the campsite so that her displacement relative to the origin of a coordinate map is given by the vector d=(−1.2km)i^+(2.8km)j^.
(i) Find the straight-line distance of the hiker from the origin.
(ii) Calculate the bearing of her position measured clockwise from due north.
(iii) Draw a scaled sketch of the vector on graph paper using 1cm to represent 0.5km and mark clearly the magnitude and bearing obtained above.