Fundamentals of Physics Extended (10th Edition)

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Chapter 3 - Vectors - Problems - Page 58: 30d

Answer

$53^{o}$

Work Step by Step

The angle, relative to the +x axis is found from (3-6) $\vec{a}=a_{x}\hat{\mathrm{i}}+a_{y}\hat{\mathrm{j}} ,$ $a=\sqrt{a_{x}^{2}+a_{y}^{2}}$ and $\displaystyle \tan\theta=\frac{a_{y}}{a_{x}}$ (3-6) $b_{x}=6.0m,\quad b_{y}=8.0m$ $\displaystyle \theta=\tan^{-1}\frac{8.0m}{6.0m}=53^{o}$ (counterclockwise, pointing to the first quadrant)
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