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A girl delivering newspapers covers her route by traveling 1.75 blocks west, 3.50 blocks north, and then 5.75 blocks east.
(a) What is her resultant displacement?
(b) What is the total distance she travels in blocks?
| magnitude in blocks | |
| direction north of east |
(b) What is the total distance she travels in blocks?
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