#EXAMPLE: A field mouse trying to escape a hawk runs east for 5.5m , darts south

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#EXAMPLE: A field mouse trying to escape a hawk runs east for 5.5m , darts southeast for 3.8m , then drops 2.0m down a hole into its burrow, What is the magnitude of the net displacement of the mouse?

#Solution: 8.8m

*QUESTION: A field mouse trying to escape a hawk runs east for 5.4m , darts southeast for 3.2m , then drops 1.7m down a hole into its burrow, What is the magnitude of the net displacement of the mouse?

*Solution:????????

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Explanation / Answer

Such questions are very easy if you solve it using vectors

Just add all the vectors and the take the magnitude

Displacement vector = -5.4i - 3.2cos45i - 3.2sin45j - 1.7k
Displacement = -7.66i - 2.26j - 1.7k
magnitude = (7.662 + 2.262 + 1.72) = 8.16 m

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