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Physics Vectors Level: High School

Vector Magnitude

A basketball player runs down the court, following the path indicated by the vectors A,B and C in the figure which is shown at “click here”. The magnitude of these three vectors are A = 11.1 m, B = 22.8 m, C = 6.95 m. And as shown, theta 1 = 45.8 degree and theta 2 = 27.7 degree .

(a) Calculate the magnitude of the net displacement of this player.

(b) What is the direction of the displacement of this player ? Give the angle counterclockwise relative to the right .