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On a safari, a team of naturalists sets out toward a research station located 7.26 km...

On a safari, a team of naturalists sets out toward a research station located 7.26 km away in a direction 55.0° north of east. After traveling in a straight line for 2.30 km, they stop to discover that they have been traveling 10.5° north of east, because their guide misread his compass. What are (a) the magnitude and (b) the direction (as a positive angle relative to due east) of the displacement vector now required to bring the team to the research station? Answer to 3 significant figures.

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