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An ocean liner leaves New York and travels 18.0 degrees north of east for 155 km. How far east and how far north has it gone? How do I figure out the magnitudes of the ships displacement vector in the directions due east and due north?

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Very brief calculations to show the displacement vector's magnitude for a cruise ship example.

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