A boat’s velocity, measured in meters per second, is described by vector = 〈 -3, 4 〉. In two or more complete sentences explain how to find the speed of the boat and the direction it is traveling in standard position. In your final answer, include all of your calculations.

Velocity is a vector, so it has a magnitude and direction.

Speed is its magnitude, which is obtained from

|〈-3, 4〉 m/s| = √((-3 m/s)² + (4 m/s)²) = √(25 m²/s²) = 5 m/s

Its direction is an angle θ made with the positive horizontal axis, satisfying

tan(θ) = (4 m/s) / (-3 m/s) = -4/3   →   θ = arctan(-4/3) + 180°n

where n is any integer. Now you have to consider that the x coordinate is negative and the y coordinate is positive, so 〈-3, 4〉 points into the second quadrant, and we get an angle there for n = 1 of about

θ ≈ 126.87°

Alternatively, you can use the vector 〈1, 0〉 in place of the axis, then compute the angle by relating it to the dot product, so θ is such that

〈-3, 4〉 • 〈1, 0〉 = |〈-3, 4〉| |〈1, 0〉| cos(θ)

(-3)•1 + 4•0 = √((-3)² + 4²) • √(1² + 0²) cos(θ)

-3/5 = cos(θ)   →   θ = arccos(-3/5) + 360°n

where again, n is any integer, and we get the same solution θ ≈ 126.87° in the second quadrant when n = 0.

the answer is d

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c.   x=2.4cm

step-by-step explanation:

similar triangles are triangles which have the same shape but not the same size. this means their angle measures are equal but their side lengths are not instead they are proportional. to solve, we will set up a proportion and solve.

a proportion is two equal ratios set equal to each other. we form the ratios by finding corresponding sides (sides which match to each other on both triangles by their position). out ratios will be one side of the small triangle over the corresponding side on the big triangle as shown below:

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to solve the proportion, we'll cross multiply by multiplying numerator with denominator across the equal sign.