A person going for a walk follows the path shown in Fig- The total trip consists of four straight-line paths. At the end of the walk, what is the person's resul- tant displacement measured from the starting point? ure Start 100 m 300 m End 200 m 30.0 150 m 60.0%

A person going for a walk follows the path shown in Fig- The total trip consists of four straight-line paths. At the end of the walk, what is the person's resul- tant displacement measured from the starting point? ure Start 100 m 300 m End 200 m 30.0 150 m 60.0%

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A person going for a walk follows the path shown in Fig-
The total trip consists of four straight-line
paths. At the end of the walk, what is the person's resul-
tant displacement measured from the starting point?
ure
Start 100 m
300 m
End
200 m
30.0
150 m
60.0%
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O 358 m at 2.00 deg S of E
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