Figure 3.26 shows the successive displacements of an aircraft flying a search pattern. The initial position of the aircraft is P and the final position is P’. What is the net displacement (magnitude and direction) between P and P'? Find the answer both graphically (by carefully drawing a page-size diagram with protractor and ruler and measuring the resultant) and trigonometrically (by solving triangles). FIGURE 3.26 Successive displacement vectors of an aircraft. Air traffic controllers usually describe the position of an air- craft relative to the airport by altitude, horizontal distance, and bearing. Suppose an aircraft is at altitude 500 m, distance 15 km, and bearing 35° east of north. What are the x, y, and z components (in meters) of the position vector? The «axis is cast, they axis is north, and the axis is vertical. « Suppose that A = — 5i — 3j + kand B=2i+j —3k. Calculate the following: (a) A+B (b) A-B () 2A—3B‘The distance for a marathon is 26 mi 385 yd. In 1984, Joan Benoit set an Olympic record with a time of 2h 24 min 52's. What was her average speed in m/s? Consider the automobile with the position asa function of time plotted in Fig, 2.5. What is the average velocity for the interval from f= 0 to ¢ = 10.0? Fromr = 10.0 t0¢ = 14.3? « sscletion baking ap 100 FIGURE 2.5 Plo of position wie fr an antommoile that accelerates (05 < 1< 105), shen brakes (108 << 143 3), tnd then stops (> 14.8») (based on dita from a road testof 0 a Maserati Bora by Read & Track magazine), ‘The position of a person is given by x = 4.02 — 0.5027, where xis in meters and Fis in seconds, What is the average velocity between ¢ = 0 and ¢= 8.0 s? Between ¢ = 8.0 s and ¢ = 10.08?