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2.3 Exercise 14

Avg difficulty 2.5

Given the displacement vector D→=(3i^−4j^)m,\overset{\rightarrow}{D} = \left(3 \hat{i} - 4 \hat{j}\right) \text{m}, find the displacement vector R→\overset{\rightarrow}{R} so that D→+R→=−4Dj^\overset{\rightarrow}{D} + \overset{\rightarrow}{R} = −4 D \hat{j}.

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