1. What vector quantity is involved in the following problem? * A girl delivering newspapers covers her route by travel- ing 3.00 blocks west, 4.00 blocks north, and then 6.00 blocks east. (a) What is her resultant displacement? (b) What is the total distance she travels? Your answer

1. What vector quantity is involved in the following problem? * A girl delivering newspapers covers her route by travel- ing 3.00 blocks west, 4.00 blocks north, and then 6.00 blocks east. (a) What is her resultant displacement? (b) What is the total distance she travels? Your answer

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1. What vector quantity is involved in the following problem? *
A girl delivering newspapers covers her route by travel-
ing 3.00 blocks west, 4.00 blocks north, and then 6.00
blocks east. (a) What is her resultant displacement?
(b) What is the total distance she travels?
Your answer

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