From Your Window You Can See a High-Rise Building Several

question 17

Multiple Choice

From your window you can see a high-rise building several blocks away.You check the map and see that the building is 560 m away from you in a straight line, in a direction 30° south of east.However, the roads are all east-west and north-south.If you want to walk from your house to the building, how far in each direction do you have to walk?

• A)480 m east and 280 m south
• B)280 m east and 480 m south
• C)280 m east and 280 m south
• D)480 m east and 50 m south
• E)cannot be determined without looking at the streets on the map

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Definitions:

Gestalt Psychologists

Psychologists who focus on human perception and cognitive processes, emphasizing the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.

Complex Pattern

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The process by which individuals organize and interpret their sensory impressions in order to give meaning to their environment.

Induced Movement

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