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A truck leaves the warehouse and travels north for one hour at 50 mi/hr and then travels east for 2 hours at 50 mi/hr. Find the trucks distance and direction from the warehouse( to the nearest mile and the nearest degree)HELP ASAP PLEEASE

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Part A

The distance x


\begin{gathered} x^2=50^2+100^2 \\ \\ x=√(12500) \\ x=50√(5) \\ x=111.8033 \end{gathered}

Distance 112 (Nearest mile)

Part B


\begin{gathered} tan\theta=(100)/(50) \\ \theta=tan^(-1)2 \\ \theta=63.43^0 \end{gathered}

Direction 63 degree (Nearest degree)

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