A ship sets out to sail to a point 116 km due north. An unexpected storm blows the ship to a point 121 km due east of its starting point. (a) How far (in km) and (b) in what direction (as an angle from due east, where north of east is a positive angle) must it now sail to reach its original destination?

Explanation:

In this problem, we are meant to slove for the resultant and the direction of the the vectors given

Given data

let the sail to a point due north be y= 116km

and the point due east be x= 121 km

(a) How far (in km)

The resultant between the two points is the distance between them

The distance between the points is 167.62

(b) in what direction (as an angle from due east, where north of east is a positive angle) must it now sail to reach its original destination

the direction can be gotten using

tan∅= y/x

∅= tan-1 (y/x)

∅= tan-1(116/121)

∅= tan-1(0.958)

∅= 43.77°

The direction is 43.77°

a.

explanation:

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