A sail boat sails 2 km due East, 5 km South of East and finally an unknown displacement. If the final displacement of the boat from the starting point is 6 km due East, determine the third displacement.
(a) Given resultant displacement is 6 km due east
Which may be expressed as
Given displacement are
(i) 2 km due east or
(ii) 5 km
along x-axis = 5 cos
along y-axis = 5 sin
(iii) unknown displacement let it be
comparing the two sides
a = 0 and b = 3