A novice golfer on the green takes four strokes to sink the ball. The successive displacements are 4.00 m to the north, 2.00 m 440 north of east, 1.00 m 310 west of south and 5.00 m south. Starting at the same initial point, an expert golfer could make the hole in what single displacement?

A novice golfer on the green takes four strokes to sink the ball. The successive displacements are 4.00 m to the north, 2.00 m 440 north of east, 1.00 m 310 west of south and 5.00 m south. Starting at the same initial point, an expert golfer could make the hole in what single displacement?

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