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2.4 Exercise 20

Avg difficulty 2.5

You fly 32.0km32.0 \text{km} in a straight line in still air in the direction 35.0°35.0 ° south of west. (a) Find the distances you would have to fly due south and then due west to arrive at the same point. (b) Find the distances you would have to fly first in a direction 45.0°45.0 ° south of west and then in a direction 45.0°45.0 ° west of north. Note these are the components of the displacement along a different set of axes—namely, the one rotated by 45°45 ° with respect to the axes in (a).

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