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Grade 11Mechanics

In 3 h 24 min, a balloon drifts 8.7 km north, 9.7 km east, and 2.9 km in elevation from its release point on the ground. Find (a) the magnitude of its average velocity and (b) the angle its average velocity makes with the horizontal.

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11 Years agoGrade 11
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Profile image of Saurabh Kumar
11 Years ago
Average velocity is the net displacement covered in the given time.
Using pythagorus theorem, sq rt of (8.7)2 + (9.7)2 = z (let.)
then calculate sq rt (2.9)2 + (x)2 = L
Vavg = L/t