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The third leg must have taken the sailor east a distance

( 5.80 km ) ( 3.50 km ) cos


and a distance north

45 ( 2.00 km ) =1.33 km

( 3.5 km ) sin 45
The magnitude of the displacement is

= ( 2.47 km )

(1.3 k ) 2 + ( 2.4 k ) 2 =2.8 k 3 m 7 m 1 m

and the direction is arctan

( 12..34 37 ) =

62 north of east, which is 90 62 = 28

east of north. A more precise answer will require retaining extra significant figures in the intermediate calculations.

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