Question

A boat travels 5 kilometers east, then 8 kilometers north, then 8 kilometers west.d. What vector would bring the boat back home?c. What distance has the boat traveled?b. What is the final position of the boat?a. What are the boat's displacement vectors?

Answer 1

5 km east

8 km north

8 km west

a = displacement vectors:

5i

+8j

-8i

b. Final position : (-3,8 )

c- Distance:

5 + 8 + 8 = 21 km

d. Vector that would bring the boat back home ( green)

3i - 8 j