A bear, awakening from winter hibernation, staggers directly northeast for 26 m and then due east for 26 m. Show each displacement graphically and graphically determine the single displacement that will take the bear back to her cave to continue her hibernation.
How do i find the magnitude and direction?

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A bear, awakening from winter hibernation, staggers directly northeast for 26 m and then due east for 26 m. Show each displacement graphically and graphically determine the single displacement that will take the bear back to her cave to continue her hibernation.
How do i find the magnitude and direction?

anonymous · Answer

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phi · Answer

your vectors are in polar form:  length and angle.
change them to rectangular coordinates  and add vectors to get the resultant
with A= (ax,ay) and B=(bx,by)    C= (ax+bx, ay+by)
use -C  for the vector that returns to the cave