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An ant walks on a piece of graph paper straight along the x axis a distance...

An ant walks on a piece of graph paper straight along the x axis a distance of 10.0 cm in 1.90s . It then turns left 30.0 ? and walks in a straight line another 10.0 cmin 1.70s . Finally, it turns another 70.0 ? to the left and walks another 10.0 cm in 1.60s .

1.Determine the x component of the ant's average velocity.

2.Determine the y component of the ant's average velocity

3.Determine the magnitude of ant's average velocity.

4.Determine the direction of ant's average velocity.

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Expert Solution

as all questions are related to velocity, its better to consider the final end point first which is :
x = 10+10 cos (30 degree) + 10 cos (30 + 70 degrees) = 16.9237
y = 10 sin (30 degree) + 10 sin (30 + 70 degrees) = 14.848
total time =1.90+1.70+1.60=5.2
a) x component of the ant's average velocity = distance/total time
               =16.9237/5.2
               = 3.254 cm/sec
b) y component of the ant's average velocity = distance/total time
               = 14.848/5.2
               = 2.8553 cm/sec
c) the magnitude of ant's average velocity = sqrt(3.254^ 2 + 2.8553^2 )
               = 4.3291cm/sec
d) the direction of ant's average velocity = tan inverse (2.8553/3.254 )
                = 41.266 degrees with the positive x axis


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