Two voctors, X and Y, form a right angle. Vector X is 48 inches long and vector Y is 14 inches long. The length of the
resultant vector is
inches

the length of resultant vector is 5 inches

Explanation:

In the attachment, you will see X vector along the X axis and Y vector along the Y direction. Let the resultant vector be denoted by

The resultant vector always start from the tail of first vector and ends at the head of second vector.

Since it is a right angled triangle, so the result of resultant vector is found by using Pythagoras theorem i.e.

So, when we plug in the values of X = 48 and Y = 14

Therefore, the length of resultant vector is 5 inches.