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Aquino drives his skidoo 7 kilometers north.

He stops for luch and then drives 5 kilometers south the 7 kilometers north what was his displacement?

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If I understand your question correctly, the displacement should be 2 kilometers north since he went north 7km and back 5km south resulting in a net change of 2km

this is different than distance which is total amount moved instead of net amount moved. (in this case the distance would be 12km)
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