SOLUTION: You start at your house and drive 100km to the West(left, if you looking at a map. You then drive 40km to the east(right, if you are looking at a map). What is the distance you tra

Question 1130996: You start at your house and drive 100km to the West(left, if you looking at a map. You then drive 40km to the east(right, if you are looking at a map). What is the distance you traveled? What is your displacement relative to your house? What is the reference point you are using in this problem? Draw this motion.
Answer by addingup(3677) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
the problem say "draw this motion". Did you draw it? If you do you'll get your answer. You don't even need your calculator. You went one way for 100 km then turned right around and went back for 40 km. So 100 plus 40 equals what?
And you're are then 100 - 40 = ___ km from your house.
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