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An ant on a picnic table travels 7.3 cm eastward, then 7.5 cm northward. What is the magnitude of the ant's displacement relative to its original position? Please respond rounded to one decimal place.
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An ant on a picnic table travels 7.3 cm eastward, then 7.5 cm northward. What is the magnitude of the ant's displacement relative to its original position? Please respond rounded to one decimal place.

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10.466

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I used pythagorean theorem. It is A^2 + B^2 = C^2 then square root of C^2 to find C which was 10.466.

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