Answer to Question #18808 in Mechanics | Relativity for Wilson

Question

A person walks 39 m East and then walks
34 m at an angle 31 North of East.
What is the magnitude of the total dis-
placement?
Answer in units of m

Answer 1

displacement = sqrt( ((39 m) +(34 m)*cos(31 deg))^2 + ((34 m)*sin(31 deg))^2 ) = 70.36 m

Answer: 70.36 meters