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What is your displacement if you travel 5 miles north to the store

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Answer:

5miles North

Step-by-step explanation:

The displacement to the store is 5miles northward.

Displacement is the distance traveled in a specific direction. Displacement is a vector quantity.

A vector has both magnitude and direction.

The magnitude is the amount of that quantity

The direction is its orientation from a reference.

Therefore, the displacement is 5miles north

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