SOLUTION: What is the change in velocity of a car that originally was traveling north at 20 m/s and is now traveling 50 m/s north?

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Question 1065580: What is the change in velocity of a car that originally was traveling north at 20 m/s and is now traveling 50 m/s north?
Answer by Fombitz(32388) About Me  (Show Source):
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Velocity is a vector.
Let east be positive x, north positive y.
V%5B2%5D=(0,50)
V%5B1%5D=(0,20)
DELTA%2AV=V%5B2%5D-V%5B1%5D
DELTA%2AV=(0,50)-(0,20)
DELTA%2AV =(0,30)