A bicycle travels 6.10 km due east in 0.210 h, then 11.30 km at 15.0° east of north in 0.560 h, and finally another 6.10 km due east in 0.210 h to reach its destination. The time lost in turning is negligible. Assume that east is in the +x-direction and north is in the +y-direction. What is the direction of the average velocity for the entire trip? Enter the answer as an angle in degrees north of east

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Answer:

Explanation:

Given

First bicycle travels 6.10 km due to east in 0.21 h

Suppose its position vector is [tex]r_1[/tex]

[tex]r_1=6.10\hat{i}[/tex]

After that it travels 11.30 km at [tex]15^{\circ}[/tex] east of north  in 0.560 h

suppose its position vector is [tex]r_2 [/tex]

[tex]r_{2}=11.30\left ( cos15\hat{j}+sin15\hat{i}\right )[/tex]

after that he finally travel 6.10 km due to east in 0.21 h

suppose its position vector is [tex]r_3[/tex]

[tex]r_{3}=6.10\hat{i}[/tex]

so position of final position is given by

[tex]r=r_1+r_{2}+r_{3}[/tex]

[tex]\vec{r}=15.12\hat{i}+10.91\hat{j}[/tex]

[tex]\vec{v_{avg}}=\frac{\vec{r}}{t}[/tex]

t=0.21+0.56+0.21=0.98 h

[tex]\vec{v_{avg}}=15.42\hat{i}+11.13\hat{j}[/tex]

[tex]|v_{avg}|=\sqrt{361.71}=19.01 km/hr[/tex]

For direction

[tex]tan\theta =\frac{11.13}{15.42}=0.721[/tex]

[tex]\theta =35.791^{\circ}[/tex] w.r.t to x axis