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Letícia leaves the grocery store and walks 150. 0 m to the parking lot. Then, she turns 90° to the right and walks an additional 70. 0 m to her car. What is the magnitude of the displacement of her car from the grocery store exit? round your answer to the nearest tenth.

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165.5 m is the answer
User Scottdavidwalker
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d = displacement

a triangle, displacement = hypotenuse = phytagoras


\tt d=√(70^2+150^2)=165.5~m

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