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Athena walks to the pizza place for lunch. He walk 5km east, then 1 km south and then 2 km east again. What distance did he cover? What was his displacement?

Glencoe Physics: Principles and Problems, Student Edition

1st Edition

ISBN:9780078807213

Author:Paul W. Zitzewitz

Publisher:Paul W. Zitzewitz

Chapter5: Displacement And Force In Two Dimensions

Section5.1: Vectors

Problem 3PP

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