SOLUTION: A woman walks 70 m to an elevator then rises upwards 40 m. What is the distance she traveled? What is her displacement from her starting point?
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Question 247267: A woman walks 70 m to an elevator then rises upwards 40 m. What is the distance she traveled? What is her displacement from her starting point?
Answer by vleith(2983) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Distance = 70+40 = 110m
Displacement - use Pythagorean theorem
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