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What is your displacement if you walk 80 m north, 15 m east, 20 m south, 35 m west, and then 60 m south?

What is your displacement if you walk 80 m north, 15 m east, 20 m south, 35 m west, and then 60 m south?
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What is your displacement if you walk 80 m north, 15 m east, 20 m south, 35 m west, and then 60 m south?

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The net north-south component is (80-n + 20-s + 60-s) = zero .

The net east-west component is (15-e + 35-w) = 20 m west .

So the total displacement is 20 meters west .
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