Question

A birds flies 3.0m west and then flies 5.0m south.

a) Draw the bird resultant displacement (d).

b) |d|

c) Direction of the bird’s resultant

Answer 1

a)

b)

$|d|=\sqrt{3^2+5^5}=\sqrt{34}$ m

c)

$\alpha=arctan(5/3)=59\degree$ south of west