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A person runs 45 m east, then goes 30 m at 33 degrees NE. What is the

person's resultant distance?

User Gus Shortz
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Answer:

75 m

Step-by-step explanation:

Here the problem is asking for the distance, not for the displacement.

Distance is a scalar quantity which simply measure the total length of the path covered during a motion, regardless of the direction.

In this problem, the motion of the person consists of two parts:

1) a motion of 45 m (we don't care about the direction)

2) a motion of 30 m

Therefore, the total distance covered is

d = 45 + 30 = 75 m

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