Question

1.A man walks 20 m towards east and another 15 m towards north. Find the distance
2.The diagonal of a rectangle is 37 cm. One of the side is 35 cm, find the other side.
between his initial and final positions.
please tell answer with workings

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

Let the east direction to be

i^ and north direction be j^.

Thus displacement of the man

S=8 i^+6 j^

So, magnitude of displacement ∣

S∣= 6 2+8 2

= 100 =10 m