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Adding Vectors by Components
3. Vectors / Adding Vectors by Components / Problem 4

A watch on a diver's wrist indicates that his diving time is 20s. His mechanical watch's second hand is 3 cm long. Using a coordinate system in which the y-axis is aligned with the 60s marker on the watch, what is the displacement vector of the second hand's tip between 0 and 20 seconds?


A diver's watch showing the second hand at the 4-second mark, illustrating vector displacement in physics.

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