Vector A represents the displacement of a car that has travelled 20.51 m, 45.03 degrees west of south from the origin. Take East and North to be the directions of the positive x and y axes, respectively. What is the y- component of the displacement A? Express your answer in two decimal places.

Vector A represents the displacement of a car that has travelled 20.51 m, 45.03 degrees west of south from the origin. Take East and North to be the directions of the positive x and y axes, respectively. What is the y- component of the displacement A? Express your answer in two decimal places.

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Vector A represents the displacement of a car that has travelled 20.51 m,
45.03 degrees west of south from the origin. Take East and North to be
the directions of the positive x and y axes, respectively. What is the y-
component of the displacement A? Express your answer in two decimal
places.

A car starts from the origin and travels 6.72 m in the direction 13.12
degrees south of west. Then the car travels 2.12 meters north. How far
must the car travel (in meters) to return to the origin? Express your
answer in two decimal places.

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