Question: In an assembly operation illustrated in Figure P3.38, a robot moves an object first straight upward and then also to the east, around an arc

In an assembly operation illustrated in Figure P3.38, a robot moves an object first straight upward and then also to the east, around an arc forming one quarter of a circle of radius 4.80 cm that lies in an east-west vertical plane. The robot then moves the object upward and to the north, through a quarter of a circle of radius 3.70 cm that lies in a north-south vertical plane. Find (a) the magnitude of the total displacement of the object, and (b) the angle the total displacement makes with the vertical.

In an assembly operation illustrated in Figure P3.38

Figure P3.38

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