A pedestrian walks 7.4 kilometers west
and then 9.2 kilometers south.
What is the magnitude of the
pedestrian's resultant vector?
Hint: Draw a vector diagram.
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Round your answer to the nearest tenth.

A pedestrian walks 74 kilometers west and then 92 kilometers south What is the magnitude of the pedestrians resultant vector Hint Draw a vector diagram kilomete class=

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Answer: 11.8 km

Step-by-step explanation:

The resulting figure is a right angled triangle shown below

[tex]$Apply the Pythagorean theorem to find out the magnitude of the resultant vector $A B$ in the triangle $A B C$ as follows -$\begin{aligned}&A B^{2}=B C^{2}+C A^{2} \text { (Hypotenuse }{ }^{2}=\text { Base }^{2}+\text { Adjacent }^{2} \text { ) } \\&=7.4^{2}+9.2^{2} \\&=139.4 \\&A B=11.806777 \\&\quad A B \approx 11.8 \mathrm{~km} \text { (Rounded off to the nearest tenth) }\end{aligned}$[/tex]

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