A bird flies straight northeast a distance of 75.8 km for 3.5 h. With the x-axis due east and the y-axis due north, what is the displacement (in km) in unit vector notation for the bird

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Answer:

[tex]53.6\,i+53.6\,j[/tex]

Explanation:

The mathematical notation for the displacement vector R is given by

[tex]R \,\cos \theta \,i+R \,\sin\theta\,j[/tex]

Now a bird flies straight northeast a distance of 75.8 km for 3.5 h such that x-axis points towards east and the y-axis points towards north.

Put [tex]R=75.8[/tex] and [tex]\theta =45[/tex][tex]75.8 \,\cos 45\° \,i+75.8 \,\sin45\°\,j=\frac{75.8}{\sqrt{2} } i+\frac{75.8}{\sqrt{2} } j=53.6\,i+53.6\,j[/tex]

Therefore,

Displacement vector is given by