Question

An airplane trip involves three legs, with two stopovers. The first leg is due east for 620km; the second leg is southeast (45 degrees) for 440km; and the third leg is at 53 degrees south of west, for 550km. What is the plane's total displacement and direction?

Answer 1

Can someone draw me a diagram of what this would look like? The answer is 960km and 51 degrees, but I want to know how to arrive at that answer.

Answer 2

you can do it using trig identity as well