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You first walk 8.0 km north from home, then walk east until your displacement from home is 10.0 km. How far east did you walk?

You first walk 8.0 km north from home, then walk east until your displacement from home is 10.0 km. How far east did you walk?
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You first walk 8.0 km north from home, then walk east until your displacement from home is 10.0 km. How far east did you walk?

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You use Pythagorean theorem

10^2 = 8^2 + b^2
100 = 64 + b^2
b^2 = 36
b = 6

You walked 6km east
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