S Prima Vista, a theater and cruise ship, sailed through the Atlantic for its one-week performance cruise. It left the Port de Marseille early morning with a velocity of 48 kph going north, then 40 kph 70° N of E, then headed straight for the Réstaurant Glacier le Commodore at 48 kph, which is 20° W of N. Determine the resultant vector using a graphical representation, head to tail method. Find the resulting components and the resultant vector.

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SS Prima Vista, a theater and cruise ship, sailed through the Atlantic for its one-week performance cruise. It left the Port de Marseille early morning with a velocity of 48 kph going north, then 40 kph 70° N of E, then headed straight for the Réstaurant Glacier le Commodore at 48 kph, which is 20° W of N.

  1. Determine the resultant vector using a graphical representation, head to tail method. 
  2. Find the resulting components and the resultant vector. 
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