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A Frisbee is thrown three times 20m 30 degrees South of East, 30m North, 40m 15 degrees South of West. Find its resultant displacement. with graphic solution.

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Three displacement vectors are added to give resultant displacement vector.

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A Frisbee is thrown three times 20m 30 degrees South of East, 30m North,
40m 15 degrees South of West. Find its resultant displacement. with graphic solution.

The displacement vectors can be written by resolving as component in east (x) ...

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