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A bus travels 8.4 miles east and then 14.7 miles north. What is the direction of the bus' resultant vector? Hint: Draw a vector diagram. Ө 0 = [ ? ]° Round your answer to t…

A bus travels 8.4 miles east and then 14.7 miles north. What is the direction of the bus' resultant vector? Hint: Draw a vector diagram. Ө 0 = [ ? ]° Round your answer to t…
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A bus travels 8.4 miles east

and then 14.7 miles north.
What is the direction of the bus'
resultant vector?
Hint: Draw a vector diagram.
Ө 0 = [ ? ]°
Round your answer to the nearest hundredth.

User Hanleyhansen
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Explanation:

Tan Φ = 8.4/14.7

Φ = arctan ( 8.4/14.7) = 29.74 degrees east of north

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