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  • 18-08-2020
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Sean runs 5 miles North of his house and then runs 3 miles East of his house. What is his displacement?

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  • 23-08-2020

Answer: 5.83 milea

Step-by-step explanation:

As displacement is the shortest distance between two points. Now 5 miles north and 3 miles east so it makes a Right angle traingle and the hypotenuse is the displacement so

Displacement is (5^2 +3^2)^0.5 =5.83 miles.

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