Question: imagine a 3 - dimensional world with coordinates that are labeled with x , y , and z , as if you are in a

imagine a 3-dimensional world with coordinates that are labeled with x, y, and z, as if you are in a large room with walls, a high ceiling and a floor. The edges are x, y and z with z up toward the ceiling, the flat plane floor is x-y.
Starting at the origin, go along "x"5 meters. Then go parallel to "y"6 meters. Then go up parallel to "z"4 meters. This point is somewhere in the room above the floor.
What is the vector from the origin to the point?
What is the magnitude of that vector? That is, what is its length?
What angle does it make to the floor? This would be 90\deg -\theta where \theta is the angle down from the z axis. (Hint: Use z and the length of the vector to find the angle from trigonometry. )
If you dropped from that point directly down to the floor, how far would you fall?
How long would it take, given that falling objects accelerate at 9.8 m/s every second (9.8 m/s2)? You could round this to 10 m/s2 to make the math easier.

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