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If john is traveling at 8 feet per minute east for 2 hours what is his displacement

User Zegnus
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Hello!

The answer is: 960 East feet.

Why?

We need to apply the following formula:


xf=xi+v*t

and


displacement=xf-xi

So, by substituting we have:


xf-xi=(8ft)/(min) *120min\\d=960ft

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