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"Bart Senior" wrote in message . .. 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. Now if you draw a vector between your starting position and your final position. What would you call that vector? |
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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. Now if you draw a vector between your starting position and your final position. What would you call that vector? |
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do we assume the distance covered is equal in all directions, or are you
saying it doesn't matter? Scout "Bart Senior" wrote in message . .. 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. Now if you draw a vector between your starting position and your final position. What would you call that vector? |
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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. Now if you draw a vector you can't draw a vector between positions without knowing (in this case) speed over ground. The distance between positions is a scalar, the direction is not determinable from your data. between your starting position and your final position. What would you call that vector? |
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On Sun, 04 Jul 2004 04:53:15 GMT, "Bart Senior"
wrote: 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. Now if you draw a vector between your starting position and your final position. What would you call that vector? A dot. :-) Cheers! Remco |
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that's what I was thinking but didn't want to assume anything : )
Scout "Remco Moedt" wrote in message ... On Sun, 04 Jul 2004 04:53:15 GMT, "Bart Senior" wrote: 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. Now if you draw a vector between your starting position and your final position. What would you call that vector? A dot. :-) Cheers! Remco |
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a dot is not a vector. try again.
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. Now if you draw a vector between your starting position and your final position. What would you call that vector? A dot. :-) Cheers! Remco |
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a dot is not a vector.
that's what I was thinking but didn't want to assume anything : ) Scout "Remco Moedt" wrote in message .. . On Sun, 04 Jul 2004 04:53:15 GMT, "Bart Senior" wrote: 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. Now if you draw a vector between your starting position and your final position. What would you call that vector? A dot. :-) Cheers! Remco |
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Bart Senior wrote:
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. Now if you draw a vector between your starting position and your final position. What would you call that vector? Leeway? -- Wally www.artbywally.com www.wally.myby.co.uk |
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"Wally" wrote in message ... | Bart Senior wrote: | 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. | | Now if you draw a vector between your starting | position and your final position. What would you | call that vector? | | Leeway? To be accurate you would need the start and end coordinates. The vector between the 2 if any could be calculated.... but the point is moot. If all speeds and bearings [no leeway] were constant you would be at your starting point. I believe Bart is having some fun! ;-) Got that compass boxed yet Bart? CM |
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