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What is the magnitude of the resultant vector of 8 meters North and 8 meters East-example-1
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In order to find the total displacement of a 8 meters north vector and a 8 meters east vector, we first need to know that these vectors forms a right angle (because the north and east directions forms a 90° angle).

So, to find the final displacement, we need to sum these vectors, and this sum can be calculated using the Pythagoras' theorem in the resultant triangle:


\begin{gathered} d^2=8^2+8^2 \\ d^2=64+64 \\ d^2=128 \\ d=\sqrt{128=8√(2=)}11.31 \end{gathered}

So the total displacement is 11.31 meters.

What is the magnitude of the resultant vector of 8 meters North and 8 meters East-example-1
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