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    alijehad Posts: 2, Reputation: 1
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    May 14, 2012, 05:02 AM
    problem2.1
    A car starts at the origin and moves with velocity = ( 10.0 , northeast) How far from the origin will the car be after traveling for 53.0 ?
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    May 14, 2012, 05:05 AM
    Need some units of measure here, please.
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    May 14, 2012, 05:24 AM
    A car starts at the origin and moves with velocity = ( 10.0m/s , northeast) How far from the origin will the car be after traveling for 53.0s ?
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    May 14, 2012, 05:57 AM
    It doesn't matter what direction the car goes; you're only interested in the distance it travels. Hence, you just need to use the simplest of formulas:

    distance = rate x time

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