College Physics with MasteringPhysics 7th Edition by Jerry Wilson,Anthony Buffa,Bo Lou

Exercise 46

In two successive chess moves, a player first moves Iris queen two squares forward, then moves the queen three steps to the left (from the player's view). Assume each square is 3.0 cm on a side. (a) Using forward (toward the player's opponent) as the positive y -axis and right as the positive x -axis, write the queen's net displacement in component form. (b) At what net angle was the queen moved relative to the leftward direction