How to find Displacements with 3 vectors?!?

Question

Graphically determine the resultant of the following three vector displacement

(1) 34m, 25 degree north of east

(2) 48m, 33 degree east of north

(3) 22m, 56 degree west of south

[when it said 56 west of south, is it 56 west of south from the 2nd vector or just west of south?] maybe thats where i did it wrong

i tried to do it but i got 100m and 41 degrees.

the answer is 58m and 48 degree.

Answer 1

I believe you are meant to do one after another. That is draw a line 3.4cm 25 degrees from another line on your page (North). At it's end draw another line 4.8cm long 33 degrees clockwise from a line at that point parallel with North. Then finally at the end of that line draw another line parallel with North and draw your other line 2.2cm long 56 degrees clockwise from south (south being the bottom of the North lines).

Ignore the North lines and connect up where you started and finished. Measure the lines lenght and multiply by 10 to get it in meters, then get your potrator and measure the angle clockwise from North where you started.

You can also do this with trig, but you said Graphically (that means draw).

Answer 2

It's just 56° on the west side of the southward direction