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    A plane travels 3.8km at an angle of 26 degrees to the ground, then changes direction and travels 7.4km at an angle of 13 degrees to the ground.

    a) What is the magnitude of the plane's total displacement? Answer in units of km.

    b) At what angle above the horizontal is the plane's total displacement? Answer in units of degrees.

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