Fundamentals of Physics Extended (10th Edition)

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Chapter 3 - Vectors - Problems - Page 58: 21b

Answer

$c_{y}=80.0$ cm

Work Step by Step

Each dart represents a vector, and the sum of all of them represents ($-140\hat{i}-20.0\hat{j}$). Along the $y$ axis we have $(40.0-70.0+c_{y}-70.0)$ cm$=-20.0$ cm $(c_{y}-100.0)$ cm$=-20.0$ cm $c_{y}=80.0$ cm.
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