What are the total displacement and the angle

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Problem: A drunken sailor stumbles 515 meters north, 465 meters northeast, then 415 meters northwest.

Part A: What are the total displacement and the angle of the displacement? (Assume east is the +x-direction and north is the +y-direction.)

magnitude

direction ________° counterclockwise from the +x-axis

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