A cruise ship is traveling northwest so that it makes a 45-degree angle with the east-west line. If it has traveled 35 miles from its starting point, what are the components of the vector s formed by the ship's path?

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  (17.5√2 miles west, 17.5√2 miles north)

Step-by-step explanation:

The distance in the west direction will be ...

  35cos(45°) = 17.5√2 . . . . miles west

The distance in the north direction will be ...

  35sin(45°) = 17.5√2 . . . . miles north

The vector components are ...

  (17.5√2 miles west, 17.5√2 miles north)

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Additional comment

When a map with the usual "north is up" orientation is overlaid on an x-y coordinate grid, the (x, y) ordered pair directions correspond to (east, north). Using that coordinate meaning for the vector components here, they would be ...

  (-24.7, 24.7) miles