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Earl travels 50m east in 10 minutes and later 100m north in 15 minutes. What is her total displacement?all travels 50 m East in 10-minutes and later 100m not in 15-minutes determine the total displacement recovers ​

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Answer:

111.8 m

Step-by-step explanation:

Displacement is the change in position of an object. The SI unit of displacement is the meters. The displacement of an object can be calculated by determining the shortest distance from the starting point to the end point.

Since earl travels 50 m east and then 100 m north, let x represent the displacement. Therefore x is the shortest distance from starting to end. Earl movement forms a right angled triangle with x as the hypotenuse. Hence:

x² = 50² + 100²

x² = 12500

x = 111.8 m

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