Use “I Believe in the Also-Rans” (pp. 29–30) to answer questions 26–32. Then fill in the answers on your answer document. What is the author’s purpose for mentioning the children’s race through the house? To illustrate that some children value fun above competition To emphasize that his child is athletically superior to her friends To highlight that children often disregard household rules To show that children lack concerns about safety when competing

Aboat radioed a distress call to a coast guard station. at the time of the call, a vector a from the station to the boat had a magnitude of 45.0 km and was directed 15.0° east of north. a vector from the station to the point where the boat was later found is = 30.0 km, 15.0° north of east. what are the components of the vector from the point where the distress call was made to point where the boat was found? in other words, what are the components of vector c = b - a?