1) A student travels 10 miles east from his home to Ocean County College. However, his odometer reading goes up 15 miles. (a) What is his displacement? (b) What is the length that he traveled? (c) What do you assume happened to cause his displacement to be different than length traveled?

1) A student travels 10 miles east from his home to Ocean County College. However, his odometer reading goes up 15 miles. (a) What is his displacement? (b) What is the length that he traveled? (c) What do you assume happened to cause his displacement to be different than length traveled?

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