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A cat climbs 10 m directly up a tree. What is the horizontal component of the cat’s displacement? Answer in units of m

A cat climbs 10 m directly up a tree. What is the horizontal component of the cat’s displacement? Answer in units of m
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A cat climbs 10 m directly up a tree.

What is the horizontal component of the
cat’s displacement?
Answer in units of m

User JoshuaF
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there is no horizontal displacement if he went straight up

straight up means vertical, so his vertical displacment is 20 m
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