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A dog travels 3m East and then 4m West, what is his displacement?

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Answer:

his displacement is 5m

Step-by-step explanation:

A is the stage at which a man starts walking. He's walking 4 m north, i.e. AB, then going 3 m east, i.e. BC. The displacement is the connecting straight line between the original and the final position. The displacement is thus the AC hypotenuse of the right-angle triangle. By applying the theorem of hypotenuse, we get

⇒displacement=16+9−−−−−√=25−−√=5m

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