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A hiker begins a trip by first walking 25km due southeast fromherbase camp. On the second day, she walks 40 km in a direction60degrees north of east at which point she discovers aforestranger's tower. Determine the magnitude and direction of thetotaldisplacement.

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Physics: Principles with Applications
7th Edition, 2013
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