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1.A car travels 30 km due north and then 40 km in a direction 60° west of north, find the magnitude

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To find the magnitude of the car's displacement, we can use the Pythagorean theorem. The car's displacement is the vector sum of its two legs: the northward leg and the westward leg.

the magnitude of the car's displacement is 50 km.
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