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A jet takes off from Florida and flies 100 miles north and then 400 miles west. Determine the total distance travelled by the jet.
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A jet takes off from Florida and flies 100 miles north and then 400 miles west. Determine the total distance travelled by the jet.

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User Moshiur Rahman
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Answer:

90m

Step-by-step explanation:

Distance is not a vector but a scalar quantity. depicted by a quantity only.

hence:

Distance is equal to 30+40+20 = 90 m

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