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1. A car travels 100m east then 50m west, with a distance of 150m and displacement of 50m east. 2. A car travels 200km between readings of 10,500km and 10,700km, with a distance and displacement of 200km. 3. A laser beam travels from a mirror 11,648m away at 15.95° above horizontal to a target 8,570m further at 11.44° above, with a resultant displacement of 20,200m at 14.04° elevation.

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Individual Output 2

1. A car travels 100m east then 50m west, with a distance of 150m and displacement of 50m east. 2. A car travels 200km between readings of 10,500km and 10,700km, with a distance and displacement of 200km. 3. A laser beam travels from a mirror 11,648m away at 15.95° above horizontal to a target 8,570m further at 11.44° above, with a resultant displacement of 20,200m at 14.04° elevation.

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1. A car travels along a straight road 100 m east then 50 m west.

Find distance and


displacement of the car.
Solution:
Distance = 100m + 50m Displacement= 100m east + 50 m west
= 150m = 50m east

2. Car’s speedometer reads 10,500 km at the start of a trip and 10,700 km at the end.
Determine distance and displacement.
Solution: To calculate the distance the initial distance must be subtracted to the final
distance so:
d = 10,500km- 10,700km
distance = 200km
Since the car does not go back to the starting point, the displacement will be
equal to distance.

3. A laser beam is aimed 15.950 above the horizontal at a mirror 11,648 m away. It glances
off the mirror and continues for an additional 8570 m at 11.440 above the horizon until it hits
its target. What is the resultant displacement of the beam to the target?

Solution:
Since straight lines are not at nice angles, they need to be dealt with using basic
trigonometry to break down the angles.
X1 = r1 cos θ1 y1 = r1 sin θ1
X1 = (11,648m)cos(15.95) y1 = (11,648 m)sin(15.95°)
X1 = 11,200 m y1 = 3200 m

x2 = r2 cos θ2 y2 = r2 sin θ2
x2 = (8,570 m)cos(11.44°) y2 = (8,570 m)sin(11.44°)
x2 = 8400 m y2 = 1700 m

Then add the linear with the same direction

x = 11,200 m + 8,400 m y = 3200 m + 1700 m


x = 19,600 m y = 4900 m
Finally using the Pythagorean theorem solve for the all the linear lines that were at right
angles for the distance and using tangent to solve for the direction of the vector line
y 4,900 m
r = √(x2 + y2)
tan θ = =
r = √[(19,600 m)2 + (4,900 m)2] x 19,600 m
r = 20,200 m θ = 14.04°

The target of the laser beam is 20,200 m with an elevation of 14.04

4. A mountain climbing expedition establishes a base camp and two intermediate camps, A
and B. Camp A is 11,200 m east of and 3,200 m above camp. Camp B is 8400 m east of and
1700 m higher than Camp A. Determine the displacement between base camp and Camp B.

Solution:

Since Camp A and Camp B are in the same direction but they only have different
angles and elevation in the eat the first step is to add up the lines

x= 11, 200m + 8,400m y = 3200 m + 1700 m


x= 19,600m y = 4900 m

Add the linear at right angles with a combination of Pythagorean theorem for the
distance and tangent for the elevation between each camp

r = √(x2 + y2) y 4,900 m


r = √[(19,600 m)2 + (4,900 m)2] tan θ = =
x 19,600 m
r = 20,200 m
θ = 14.04°

The displacement between Camp A and Camp B is 20,200 at an angle of elevation of 14.0°
5. A person walks 4 meters east, the walks 3 meters north. Determine distance and
displacement.
Solution:

So, displacement is 5 meters.

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