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Grade upto college level Mechanics

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 upto college level
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Profile image of Navjyot Kalra
11 Years ago
(a)
The average velocity vector of the balloon is:
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The magnitude of the average velocity vector is:
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Therefore, the magnitude of average velocity of balloon is 3.92 km/h.
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