SOLUTION: a man travels 7km due north, then 10km east. find the resultant displacement

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Question 1096009: a man travels 7km due north, then 10km east. find the resultant displacement
Answer by addingup(3677)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Do you mean find the distance between the beginning point and the end point? In geometry, this would be the hypotenuse of the triangle. Do this:
sqrt(7^2 + 10^2) = your answer

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