SOLUTION: If a car is driven 4 miles East and then 3 miles North what is the distance and displacement of the trip

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Question 1182359: If a car is driven 4 miles East and then 3 miles North what is the distance and displacement of the trip
Answer by ikleyn(52767)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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The total travel distance is the sum of partial distances  


    total travel distance = 3 miles + 4 miles = 7 miles.



The displacement is the distance from the starting point to the ending point 


    displacement =  = 5 miles.

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        The lesson to learn   is to distinct  the traveled distance  from  the displacement.



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