A cross-country skier moves 36 meters eastward, then 44 meters westward, and finally 22 meters eastward. Whats the Magnitude and Direction?

Magnitude = 14 metres

Direction = eastward.

Explanation:

A cross-country skier moves 36 meters eastward, then 44meters westward, and finally 22 meters eastward.

Whats the Magnitude and Direction?

The magnitude and direction will be the displacement of the cross country skier.

Let the east ward be positive and the west ward be negative.

Since the skier moves 36 meters eastward, then 44meters westward, and finally 22 meters eastward. Then, that will be:

36 - 44 + 22 = 14

Since the answer is positive, the magnitude is 14 and the direction is east ward.

a displacement distance is size of displ

hi there!

out of the two, (b) precision would be more reasonable.   however, both a and b could be pretty reasonable.

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