A theory exercise?

:P

Cheers

Capt. Mooron wrote:

Ah... Yes.... calculating a vector between "Legs".... one of my favourite
navigational pastimes. ;-)

CM

"Scout" wrote in message
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| sorry, I was flirting with a math teacher at the time.
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| So what did your Prof refer to the vector between your departure
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| and your arrival coordinates?
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| | btw - I've used my saved sailing gps tracks in the classroom - the
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| | teacher projected them onto the board and had the students work out
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| | You sail directly East for 14 hours,
| | then South for 14 hours,
| | and then West for 14 hours,
| | and then North again for 14 hours.
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| | Now if you draw a vector between your starting
| | position and your final position. What would you
| | call that vector?
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