a cottage in boracay is 12m long. 8m wide and 3m high. a naughty cockroach starts on the floor at one corner. the cockroach ends at the diagonally opposite comer. (a) write the correct vector expression for its displacement. (b) determine the magnitude of the said displacement. (e) if the cockroach crawled from one corner to the other, what is the shortest possible distance?

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a cottage in boracay is 12m long. 8m wide and 3m high. a naughty cockroach starts on the floor at one corner. the cockroach ends at the diagonally opposite comer. (a) write the correct vector expression for its displacement. (b) determine the magnitude of the said displacement. (e) if the cockroach crawled from one corner to the other, what is the shortest possible distance?

 

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