Amap in a pirate's log gives directions to the location of a buried treasure. the starting location is an old oak tree. according to the map, the treasure's location is found by proceeding 24 paces north from the oak tree and then 40 paces northwest. at this location, an iron pin is sunk in the ground. from the iron pin, walk 14 paces south and dig. how far (in paces) from the oak tree is the spot at which digging occurs?

the displacements or the instructions as given as follows

1). 24 paces North

2). 40 Paces North West

3). 14 paces South

now all these displacement is written in vector form

we can say north is +y direction and South is - Y direction

while East is + x direction and West is - x direction

Now by the vector form

now the net displacement from starting point is given as

magnitude is given as

direction is given as

so it is 47.6 Paces from starting point at 53.53 degree North of East

the independent variable, the one that is intentionally manipulated, is whether or not the car hits the barrier.

the dependent variable, the one that you measure the response in, is the distance that the washers travel.