6. Alex goes cruising on his dirt bike. He rides 700 m north, 300 m east, 400 m north, 600 m west, 1200 m south 300 m east and finally 100 m north. What distance did he cover? What was his displacement? (use 1cm 100m) %3D 7. Jose buys a new moped. He travels 3 km south and then 4 km east. How far does he need to go to get back to where he started? 8. Issa walks 10km west to the grocery store. He shops then walks back 10 km east back to his house. What distance did he cover? What was his displacement?

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6. Alex goes cruising on his dirt bike. He rides 700 m north, 300 m east, 400 m north, 600 m
west, 1200 m south 300 m east and finally 100 m north. What distance did he cover? What
was his displacement? (use 1cm= 100m)
7. Jose buys a new moped. He travels 3 km south and then 4 km east. How far does he need to go
to get back to where he started?
8. Issa walks 10km west to the grocery store. He shops then walks back 10 km east back to his
house. What distance did he cover? What was his displacement?
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Transcribed Image Text:|目目|0( Dx 目日目1X|>二日 c/MJMZNZQOMJAZMTY4/a/Mjc5Nzk2NjcwNjcw/details 6. Alex goes cruising on his dirt bike. He rides 700 m north, 300 m east, 400 m north, 600 m west, 1200 m south 300 m east and finally 100 m north. What distance did he cover? What was his displacement? (use 1cm= 100m) 7. Jose buys a new moped. He travels 3 km south and then 4 km east. How far does he need to go to get back to where he started? 8. Issa walks 10km west to the grocery store. He shops then walks back 10 km east back to his house. What distance did he cover? What was his displacement? Page 21 +
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