document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1169203>Question 1169203</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> State the magnitude and direction of the vector that could be used to represent the displacement of a ship that travels 25km [West] and 43km [South]\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I tried this and i got r=49.3km and using tan i got an angle of 30 degrees<BR>\n" );
document.write( "so W30degrees S\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Is this right???\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Thank you </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Depends.  How precisely are you required to specify your answers?  To the nearest kilometer and degree, you are ok.  If you need to be to the nearest tenth or the nearest hundredth, you need to go back and check your arithmetic.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "For the angle you need <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large \arctan\(\frac{25}{43}\)\">. Divide 25 by 43 and the use the <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large \tan^{-1}\"> button on your calculator.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "For the magnitude, <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large \sqrt{25^2\,+\,43^2}\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE e^{i\pi}\ +\ 1\ =\ 0\"><BR>\n" );
document.write( "My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it<BR>\n" );
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