1. A teacher sends her students on a treasure hunt. She gives the following instructions:

a. Walk 400 m north

b. Walk 500 m northwest

c. Walk 800 m southeast (30^o) and the treasure is buried there.

As all the other students walk off following the instructions, Joe physics student quickly adds the displacements and walks in a straight line to find the treasure. How far and in what direction does Joe need to walk?

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To determine the total displacement that Joe needs to walk to find the treasure we can add up the individual displacements given in the instructions a... View the full answer