Question

You are kidnapped by armed political-science majors (who are upset because you told them that political science is not a real science). Although blindfolded, you can tell the speed of their car (by the whine of the engine), the time of travel (by mentally counting off seconds), and the direction of travel (by turns along the rectangular street system). From these clues, you know that you are taken along the following course: 52 km/h for 2.0 min, turn 90° to the right, 20 km/h for 3.7 min, turn 90° to the right, 25 km/h for 60 s, turn 90° to the left, 50 km/h for 40 s, turn 90° to the right, 25 km/h for 2.0 min, turn 90° to the left, 50 km/h for 40 s. (a) At that point, how far are you from your starting point? X km (b) At that point, in what direction relative to your initial direction of travel are you? Xclockwise from the initial direction

Answer 1

First we need to draw route and then to deduce resultant as follows