On the way to your class you walk East and then South such that your resultant displacement is 360 m in a direction 53° south of east. Your average velocity is 2.0 m/s in the same direction as the displacement. Calculate you're walking time and your average speed.

On the way to your class you walk East and then South such that your resultant displacement is 360 m in a direction 53° south of east. Your average velocity is 2.0 m/s in the same direction as the displacement. Calculate you're walking time and your average speed.

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