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joeG215
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Homework Statement
A kayaker 120 m east and 350 m kayaker is moving with the current at 2 m/s to the south. He begins to paddle west, giving the kayak an acceleration of 0.2m/s^2.
I need to find all the components for two events.. t1, t2, rsub1x,rsub2x,rsub1y,rsub2y, vsub2x, ect... up to a(sub12x) a(sub12y)
Homework Equations
Two vector equations :
d=Vnot0 +1/2at^2
V=Vnot0 +at
The Attempt at a Solution
Im guessing his location from his house is irrelevant(this problem has no "question").
I added the two vectors using 15s as my time and used pyth: 2^2 + (45/2)^2=d^2 and got 22.6m as the displacement.
Then i added the initial velocity 2m/s and the acc/time .2m/s^2(15s) and got 3.6 m/s as the final velocity.
I'm still confused with components and vectors. Is this right? How do I go about finding the components?