A fire ant, searching for hot sauce in a picnic area, goes through three displacements along level
Question:
A fire ant, searching for hot sauce in a picnic area, goes through three displacements along level ground: d1 for 0.40 m southwest (that is, at 45o from directly south and from directly west), d2 for 0.50 m due east, d3 for 0.60 m at 60o north of east. Let the positive x direction be east and the positive y direction be north. What are?
(a) The x component and
(b) The y component of d1? What are?
(c) The x component and
(d) The y component of d2? What are?
(e) The x component and
(f) The y component of d3? What are
(g) The x component,
(h) The y component,
(i) The magnitude, and
(j) The direction of the ant's net displacement? If the ant is to return directly to the starting point,
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Fundamentals of Physics
ISBN: 978-0471758013
8th Extended edition
Authors: Jearl Walker, Halliday Resnick