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If a cyclist travels 24 km north, then turns around and cycles 12 km south, the cyclist's displacement is __ km. Enter your answer as a positive whole number.​
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If a cyclist travels 24 km north, then turns around and cycles 12 km south, the cyclist's displacement is __ km. Enter your answer as a positive whole number.​

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The answer is 12!!!!
User Or Nakash
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12.
Because why calculating displacement you only take two points in time, in this situation being the initial position and the final position. The distance between these two points is 12 kilometers.
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