Vector Hunt!

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Group 1

Directions

Each of the following clues below describes a place on campus. Solve the clues in the order given, and visit each place the clues describe. At each place, there will be a word posted on a sign. Write the word and its definition in the spaces provided below. Using a ruler, draw a straight vector arrow from one clue to the next (in order) on the school map on the back of this sheet. After finding the location of the last clue, draw the resultant vector from your original location (room B203) out to the last location. Using the scale given on the map and your ruler and protractor, measure the magnitude (length) and direction (angle) of each vector, including the resultant, with zero degrees being along the +x axis.

Clue	Location	Word	Definition
If Fanny Farkle were in trouble, she would be sent here.
Park and Independence announcements
Yeah, that's the ticket!
Popcorn, candy, Dr. Pepper, hotdogs!

Group 2

Directions

Each of the following clues below describes a place on campus. Solve the clues in the order given, and visit each place the clues describe. At each place, there will be a word posted on a sign. Write the word and its definition in the spaces provided below. Using a ruler, draw a straight vector arrow from one clue to the next (in order) on the school map on the back of this sheet. After finding the location of the last clue, draw the resultant vector from your original location (room B203) out to the last location. Using the scale given on the map and your ruler and protractor, measure the magnitude (length) and direction (angle) of each vector, including the resultant, with zero degrees being along the +x axis.