A girl delivering newspapers covers her route by traveling 9.00 blocks west, 4.00 blocks north, and then 5.00 blocks east. (a) What is her resultant displacement? = ______ blocks (b) What is the total distance she travels? = ______ blocks

A girl delivering newspapers covers her route by traveling 9.00 blocks west, 4.00 blocks north, and then 5.00 blocks east. (a) What is her resultant displacement? = blocks (b) What is the total distance she travels? = blocks

College Physics

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Chapter1: Units, Trigonometry. And Vectors

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A girl delivering newspapers covers her route by traveling 9.00 blocks west, 4.00 blocks north, and then 5.00 blocks east.

(a) What is her resultant displacement?
= ______ blocks

(b) What is the total distance she travels?

= ______ blocks

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