Question

A mountain climber hikes 25.5 km from her base camp, going 20.0º north of east. On the second day, she walks 41.0 km in a direction 65.0º north of east, at which point she has reached a summit. Determine the magnitude and direction of her resultant displacement between the base camp and the second camp. (Remember to analyze the two motions separately, and then add and use Pythagorean theorem for the resultant and trigonometry for the angle.)

Answer 1

I did that & I got x=41 y=46. Doing the Path. Theorem I got the displacement was 61.6km. Then using the law of sines, I got the angle was 49degrees. Is that right?

Answer 2

& Thanks!!!!

Answer 3

let me check...

Answer 4

I got 61.7 @ 48 deg.

Answer 5

Well I guess it should be 48.6 because of the sig. figures thing. & I didn't round the 61.6, so your right. Thanks :) It really helped :)