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A boat moves 60 kilometers east from point A to point B. There, it reverses direction and travels another 45 kilometers toward point A. What are the total distance and total displacement of the boat?
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A boat moves 60 kilometers east from point A to point B. There, it reverses direction and travels another 45 kilometers toward point A. What are the total distance and total displacement of the boat?

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The answer will be c the total distance is 105

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The distance is 60 + 45 = 105km
The displacement is 60 - 45 = 15km

The distance is the total the car drove .
The displacement is the distance between starting point and ending point .
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