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if jane is trying to escape a dragon and runs 34m north, then 38m east, what is her final displacement?. if the whole trip took 6.8 minutes what was janes average speed? what was her average velocity?

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Jane ran 72 m along the ground (distance), but only wound up 52m from where she started (displacement).

Her average speed was 72/6.8 = 10.6 m/minute, but her average velocity was 7.5 m/minute roughly northeast.

Since the magnitude of that average velocity is only about 0.28 mile per hour, I have to guess that poor Jane is on the barby right about now and the dragon is licking his chops. Poor slow Jane.
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