Use Pythagorean theorem, SOH CAH TOA, and a head-to-tail vector addition diagram to solve the following right-angle vector addition problems.
It’s Dante's first day of school at South and he is learning to navigate the hallways. Dante is in the East wing and walks a distance of 29.1 meters eastward followed by another eastward walk of 42.1 meters.
What is the magnitude of Dante's resultant displacement?
Resultant magnitude
meters
What is the magnitude of Dante's resultant displacement in a situation in which the 42.1 m walk is in the westward direction, opposite the 29.1 m walk? (Enter a + value.)
Claire deAisles is shopping. She walks 13.1 meters to the end of an aisle. She then makes a right-hand turn and walks 20.1 meters down the end aisle. Determine the magnitude of Claire's resultant displacement.
Resultant Magnitude
Zoe waitresses at The Steak House on weekends. She leaves the kitchen with a tray full of meals and walks 53.8 feet west and then 37.6 feet south to a patron's table. What is the magnitude of Zoe's resulting displacement from the kitchen to the table?
feet
Jed is navigating South's hallways on the first day of school. He walks 72.5 meters south from the cafeteria to the Science/Math wing. He turns west and walks another 28.4 meters to the door of his biology class. How far is Jed from the cafeteria?
A student was doing a physics lab and made the following displacements through the hallways. Each leg of the trip was carefully measured. The results of the measurements are as follows:
A = 3.8 meters
B = 13.6 meters
C = 18.8 meters
D = 32.3 meters
E = 3.2 meters
Determine the resulting displacement's magnitude of the physics student.
Resultant's magnitude
Determine the resulting displacement's direction of the physics student.
Resultant's direction
° CCW from East
Sheila is captain of the Varsity cross country team. During the after-school practice on Tuesday, she led the team on the following run from school to a nearby park where they met the coach for a meeting:
0.60 miles, north;
1.14 miles east;
1.50 miles north;
0.36 miles, west.
Determine the magnitude of the team's resultant displacement.
m
Determine the direction of the team's resultant displacement. Express your answer as a counter-clockwise angle of rotation from East.