I thought I was suppose to findthe vector but apparently I\'m not. I drew it out

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I thought I was suppose to findthe vector but apparently I'm not. I drew it out and see thesecond team is north of east from the first team. Please helpme find my mistake.
Two geological field teams are working in a remote area. Aglobal positioning system (GPS) tracker at their base camp showsthe location of the first team as 33 km away, 21° northof west, and the second team as 32 km away, 34° east of north.When the first team uses its GPS to check the position of thesecond team, what does the GPS give for the following?
Ax + Bx (-33 cos 21) + (32 cos34) = -12.9 km Ay + By (33 sin 21) + (32 cos34) = 38.36 km sqrt ((-12.9)^2 +(38.36)^2) = 40.5 km I thought I was suppose to findthe vector but apparently I'm not. I drew it out and see thesecond team is north of east from the first team. Please helpme find my mistake.
Two geological field teams are working in a remote area. Aglobal positioning system (GPS) tracker at their base camp showsthe location of the first team as 33 km away, 21° northof west, and the second team as 32 km away, 34° east of north.When the first team uses its GPS to check the position of thesecond team, what does the GPS give for the following?
Ax + Bx (-33 cos 21) + (32 cos34) = -12.9 km Ay + By (33 sin 21) + (32 cos34) = 38.36 km sqrt ((-12.9)^2 +(38.36)^2) = 40.5 km

Explanation / Answer

You have added the vectors instead of subtracting them Addition: Tail-Head Subtraction: Tail-Tail Also, 34 deg is E of N and 56 is the angle with the x-axis(E-W)

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