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A hiker moves 15 km due east then heads 8 km due west. What is the direction of the resultant vector?
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A hiker moves 15 km due east then heads 8 km due west. What is the direction of the resultant vector?

User Chinthaka Fernando
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Answer:

east

Step-by-step explanation:

15km east

_______________

X________

8km west

so you are where the xX is so you are still in the eastward direction

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