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Problem 8c
Page 68
Section: Problems
Chapter 3: Kinematics In Two Dimensions; Vectors
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20 Jan 2022
Given information
Given an airplane is traveling in a direction west of north (Fig. 3-34).
To show how far north and how far west has the plane travelled after h?
Step-by-step explanation
Step 1.
The velocity of an object is given by where is the displacement of the object and is the time. Therefore, the distance traveled by the airplane can be obtained by using . There will be two distances to calculate: the horizontal distance which corresponds to the west direction, and the vertical distance which corresponds to the north direction.
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