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As noted in Exercise 1.26, a spelunker is surveying a cave. She follows a passage 180 m straight west, then 210 m in a direction 45°east of south, and then 280 m at30°east of north. After a fourth displacement, she finds herself back where she started. Use the method of components to determine the magnitude and direction of the fourth displacement. Draw the vector-addition diagram and show that it is in qualitative agreement with your numerical solution.

Short Answer

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  • Target variable is in fourth variable.
  • The displacement vectors are,A→,B→andC→.
  • The unmeasured displacement vector is,D→.
  • The resultant displacement vector is,R→=A→+B→+C→+D→.
  • As she ends up where she started, so resultant vector is,R→=0.
0=A→+B→+C→+D→D→=-A→+B→+C→Dx=-Ax+Bx+CxDy=-Ay+By+Cy

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01

Identification of given data

  • Target variable is in fourth variable.
  • The displacement vectors are,A→,B→andC→.
  • The unmeasured displacement vector is,D→.
  • The resultant displacement vector is,R→=A→+B→+C→+D→.
  • As she ends up where she started, so resultant vector is,R→=0.
0=A→+B→+C→+D→D→=-A→+B→+C→Dx=-Ax+Bx+CxDy=-Ay+By+Cy
02

Concept of displacement vectors

In mathematics, the term "displacement vector" is used. It's a thing that moves in a straight line. It indicates the direction as well as distance travelled in a single line.

These three variables are often used to show how fast and how far an item has been travelling in physics.

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 Illustrate direction of girl with vector diagram and numerical solution

To direction of the girl can be evaluated as,

Resolving the displacement vectors,

Ax=-180m,Ay=0Bx=Bcos315°=210mcos315°=+148.5mBy=Bsin315°=210msin315°=-148.5mCx=Ccos60°=280mcos60°=+140mCy=Csin60=280sin60°=+242.5m

The fourth unmeasured displacement vector’s direction can be evaluated as,

Dx=-Ax+Bx+CxDx=--180m+148.5m+140mDx=-108.5mDy=-Ay+By+CyDy=-0-148.5m+242.5mDy=-94.0m

D=Dx2+Dy2D=-108.5m2+-94.0m2D=143.5mtanθ=DyDxtanθ=-94.0m-108.5mtanθ=0.8664θ=tan-10.8664θ=40.9°+180°=220.9°

Since, D→is in third quadrant both so Dx→andDy→are negative.

The direction of D→can be expressed in terms of,

ϕ=θ-180°ϕ=40.9°≈41°

So, she will head South-West.

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